Meghan Breen focuses her practice on complex commercial litigation in state and federal courts. She represents clients from a variety of industries, including energy, construction, pharmaceuticals, and coatings. She has years of experience defending manufacturers against complex products liability theories, including novel theories of public nuisance, aggregated proof, risk contribution, and conspiracy. Meghan's current practice involves coordinating among joint defendants, developing robust protection strategies for nationwide cases, and working with experts in medical, technical, environmental, and historical fields.
She has also represented clients at trial on state and federal environmental claims, in internal investigations and mediation involving government contracting, and in securities litigation and shareholder derivative actions. Meghan serves clients at every stage of their matters, from their inception through appeals by developing case strategy, managing fact and expert discovery, drafting motions and briefs at every appellate level, and conducting mock jury exercises.
While in law school, Meghan was one of six students selected for the inaugural semester of the Appellate Courts Immersion Clinic, a full-time appellate advocacy clinic devoted to public interest litigation. Meghan assisted clinic clients by drafting merits and amicus briefs filed in the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Third and Fourth Circuits and the U.S. Supreme Court.
Meghan is a Barrister in the Judge Clarence Cooper American Inn of Court. She also maintains an active pro bono practice, representing clients in veteran appeals, cross-border labor disputes, and working with the Georgia Innocence Project.
Esperienze
- Georgetown University (J.D. magna cum laude 2017; Order of the Coif; Top 5%; Executive Editor, The Georgetown Law Journal Annual Review of Criminal Procedure); Georgia State University (B.A. in Applied Linguistics magna cum laude 2009)
- Georgia
- Law Clerk to Presiding Justice David E. Nahmias, Supreme Court of Georgia (2018-2019); Extern to Judge Richard J. Leon, U.S. District Court, District of Columbia (Spring 2016); Intern to Justice David E. Nahmias, Supreme Court of Georgia (Summer 2015)