Megan Garrett focuses her practice on business and tort litigation in state and federal courts and is experienced in a range of federal civil and criminal litigation at the trial court level. She has represented companies in a range of industries in multidistrict litigation (MDL), as well as individual personal injury and wrongful death lawsuits. Following the decertification of a high-profile Florida class action, Megan has been active in the defense of numerous smoking and health actions.
Megan recently worked on a matter in which Jones Day obtained a complete defense verdict from a jury in state court in Portland, Oregon in a personal injury case.
Prior to joining Jones Day in 2021, Megan completed a one-year clerkship with Chief Judge Randal Hall of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia.
Expérience
- Georgia State University (J.D. summa cum laude 2020; Order of the Coif; The Order of Barristers; Research Editor, Georgia State University Law Review; Moot Court Board; Best Oralist, Intrastate Moot Court Competition); University of Georgia (B.S. in Psychology 2017)
- Georgia, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, and U.S. Tax Court
- Law Clerk to Chief Judge Randal Hall, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Georgia (2020-2021); Intern to Judge William M. Ray II, Georgia Court of Appeals (Summer 2018)