Margaret C. Gleason (Meg)

Over 20 years, Margaret (Meg) Gleason has developed extensive complex civil litigation experience. Meg has acted as trial counsel prosecuting and defending cases in federal and state court and in arbitration proceedings across a variety of contexts and industries, including in high-stakes cases involving breach of contract, business torts, trade secrets litigation, securities litigation, and class actions. Meg has also maintained an active pro bono practice in both trial and appellate matters and remained active in the professional federal court legal community.

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 has served in the past in court-appointed roles on the Third Circuit's Lawyers Advisory Committee and as the chair of a merit selection panel for the appointment of a U.S. Magistrate Judge. She also is an advisory board member for Pennsylvania Civil Pre-Trial Practice and Pennsylvania Civil Trial Practice.

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

Before receiving her J.D. from Yale Law School, Meg studied at Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar.