Margaret C.Gleason (Meg)

For more than 15 years, Meg Gleason has prosecuted and defended complex civil litigation matters in state and federal courts and in arbitral proceedings. She has worked on high-stakes cases involving breach of contract, business tort, fraud, trade secrets litigation, and securities and other class actions. Meg represents companies in complex commercial litigation in a variety of contexts and industries, including software, manufacturing, energy, and financial institutions. She also maintains an active pro bono practice in trial and appellate matters.

Meg's trial experience includes being part of a trial team that obtained a $125.7 million verdict in a post-closing adjustment dispute after a three-month trial. She served as lead trial counsel in a successful international child abduction case in federal court brought under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. She advises clients concerning complex pretrial case management and discovery issues.

Meg serves as the court-appointed chair of the Local Rules Advisory Committee for the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, and she has served in the past on the court-appointed Third Circuit's Lawyers Advisory Committee and chair of a merit selection panel for the appointment of a U.S. Magistrate Judge. She currently is an advisory board member for Pennsylvania Civil Pre-Trial Practice and Pennsylvania Civil Trial Practice and a member of the board of directors of the World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh.

Meg serves as the hiring partner for the Firm's Pittsburgh Office.

Before law school, Meg studied at Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar.