Avocats – United States

Meaghan Gragg

Partner in the New York and Miami Office

Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP

Meaghan Thomas-Kennedy

Meaghan Thomas-Kennedy advises clients on high-stakes antitrust litigation matters, drawing on her experience both as in-house counsel and representing clients in multiple industries. Meaghan helps clients navigate a range of antitrust matters, including: Government monopolization investigations and litigation Conduct investigations Complex class actions, particularly in relation to information exchange and algorithmic pricing Merger challenges brought by the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Existential business disputes Meaghan returns to Latham with a wealth of experience from her previous role at Apple, where she led the strategy for the company’s North American antitrust litigation docket, was responsible for the company’s highest-risk antitrust cases, and provided strategic counsel on a broad range of complex litigation matters. Meaghan draws on her in-house counsel perspective to advise tech clients on the design and launch of new products, to navigate the intersection of intellectual property and competition law, and to craft docket-wide litigation management strategies. Complementing her commercial work, Meaghan serves on the Board of the First District Appellate Project in Oakland, California and is an active member of the American Bar Association Antitrust Section and the California Lawyers Association.

Latham & Watkins

Meg Fasulo

Bartlit Beck LLP

Meg George

Partner, Real Estate Member, Executive Committee

Akerman LLP

Meg Thering

Partner

Goodwin

Megan Bannigan

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

Megan Beebe

Senior Associate

Husch Blackwell LLP

Megan Bisk

https://www.ropesgray.com/en/people/b/megan-bisk

Ropes & Gray LLP

Megan Buggy

Senior Associate

Harrison LLP

Megan Cunniff Church

Megan Cunniff Church is a highly accomplished trial lawyer who represents companies and individuals in high-stakes civil litigation and criminal and regulatory matters. She conducts corporate internal investigations in the U.S. and abroad, and she advises clients on crisis and risk management. As a former federal prosecutor, Ms. Church has extensive experience investigating, litigating, and successfully resolving white collar criminal and regulatory matters. She served as a Deputy Chief of the Financial Crimes section of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois, where she prosecuted and supervised complex health care fraud, tax fraud, and corporate and financial crimes cases. She also served as a Deputy Chief of the General Crimes section of the U.S. Attorney’s Office, where she trained and supervised new prosecutors on federal criminal practice. In nearly a decade as an Assistant United States Attorney, Ms. Church investigated and prosecuted a wide range of federal crimes, including bank fraud, mail and wire fraud, public corruption, money laundering, narcotics and weapons violations, international drug trafficking, identity theft, cybercrimes, embezzlement, human trafficking, and organized crime. As an Assistant U.S. Attorney assigned to the Public Corruption section, Ms. Church prosecuted and convicted numerous public officials and law enforcement officers for fraud, bribery, extortion, and tax offenses. In her white-collar practice at MoloLamken, Ms. Church has conducted internal investigations of publicly-traded companies, public agencies, and not-for-profit entities. She has represented corporate and government officials in investigations and prosecutions by various U.S. Attorney’s Offices, the Department of Justice, inspectors general, Congress, the SEC, the CFTC, and other government regulators. In addition to representing targets and subjects in criminal and regulatory investigations, Ms. Church has represented key witnesses during investigations and subsequent trials. Along with other members of the MoloLamken team, Ms. Church recently secured an acquittal in a campaign finance prosecution following a jury trial in federal court in Washington, D.C. In her civil practice, Ms. Church has represented plaintiffs and defendants in business disputes involving allegations of market manipulation, antitrust violations, regulatory violations, professional malpractice and misconduct, and breach of contract in federal and state courts around the country and in arbitration forums. Chambers and Partners says that Ms. Church “has an amazing reputation and is a versatile lawyer, working across many different industries.” Lawdragon named her one of the 500 Leading Litigators in America. Legal 500 recognizes Ms. Church for her white-collar work in cross-border investigations, as well as crisis and risk management. Crain’s Chicago Business included Ms. Church in its 40 Under 40 list. She has been named a Notable Woman Lawyer and Notable Trial Attorney by Crain’s Custom Media. Ms. Church has been recognized repeatedly as a leading white collar defense lawyer by publications including Super Lawyers, Leading Lawyers, and Best Lawyers in America. Ms. Church has tried 20 cases to verdict, and she has briefed and argued nearly a dozen federal circuit appeals. Ms. Church has taught trial advocacy at the University of Chicago Law School and Loyola University Chicago School of Law. She currently serves on the Illinois Supreme Court's Committee on Character and Fitness. Previously Ms. Church was an associate with Baker & McKenzie and with McDermott Will & Emery. She also served as a law clerk to the Honorable William J. Bauer of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and to the Honorable Joan H. Lefkow of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

MoloLamken LLP

Megan DeLeon

Partner

Akerman LLP

Megan Devaney

Winston Taylor

Megan E. Jones

Partner

Hausfeld LLP

Megan Gerking

Click here for attorney bio. Megan Gerking is a partner in Morrison Foerster’s Global Antitrust Law practice, specializing in government-facing antitrust matters. Megan represents companies in criminal and civil conduct investigations before the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and state enforcers and in all phases of the merger review process before U.S. and foreign competition authorities. Megan, a former trial attorney with the DOJ’s Antitrust Division, is an experienced antitrust attorney focused on complex antitrust law matters, including government investigations, strategic transactions, and civil litigation. She regularly counsels clients on antitrust issues arising from industry consortiums, trade association activities, and other collaborations. While serving in the Antitrust Division, Megan investigated and prosecuted federal antitrust violations and international cartel cases. She leverages her DOJ experience when reviewing, developing, and implementing clients’ antitrust compliance programs and routinely delivers antitrust compliance training for employees. As part of Megan’s merger practice, she regularly helps clients in all aspects of merger review, including developing strategy for structuring transactions, assessing and complying with obligations under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act (“HSR Act”), and securing clearance from antitrust enforcers in the United States and abroad. Megan has represented third parties in agency reviews of deals, including at trial. Megan has experience representing clients across a broad range of industries, including media, telecom, technology and software, financial services, consumer products, aviation, higher education, manufacturing, agriculture, and life sciences. While in the Antitrust Division, Megan prosecuted the first individual extradited to the United States on an antitrust charge. For her work investigating and prosecuting international price fixing, bid rigging, and market-allocation conspiracies by automotive parts suppliers, Megan earned the Assistant Attorney General’s Award for Distinguished Service. Megan was also awarded the DOJ’s Outstanding Mentor Award by the Attorney General. Further, she was recognized this past year in Bloomberg Law’s 40 Under 40 and as a finalist for The American Lawyer’s 2022 Young Lawyer of the Year. Additionally, Megan has served as a Non-Governmental Advisor to the International Competition Network (ICN) and spoke at the ICN Cartel Workshop in Lisbon, Portugal, in November 2022. Megan is also a member of our global Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) steering committee. Megan is currently an editor of ABA magazine The Antitrust Source. Megan received her J.D., cum laude, from Georgetown University Law Center, where she served on the editorial board of The Tax Lawyer. She received her B.A. in economics and political science from the University of Michigan. Before attending law school, Megan worked in the DOJ’s Office of Public Affairs, assisting the Assistant Attorney General of the Antitrust Division in all media matters and serving as a spokesperson for national media. She also worked as a paralegal for the Antitrust Division, supporting trial attorneys investigating and prosecuting corporations and individuals for violations of criminal antitrust laws. Representative Experience Criminal and Civil Antitrust Investigations Obtained non-prosecution protection for two healthcare companies she represented in separate DOJ Antitrust Division criminal investigations. Represented an energy company in a criminal investigation. Obtained a non-prosecution agreement for a senior executive in a criminal investigation into market allocation and bid rigging of generic drugs by the DOJ. Regularly advises senior executives on DOJ antitrust criminal investigations involving allegations of price fixing, market and customer allocation, and bid rigging and obtained non-prosecution protection for several individuals. Assisted a technology company in an FTC monopolization investigation. Represented a private equity fund in a state AG investigation. Counseled a senior executive in an international criminal cartel investigation. Obtained a non-prosecution agreement for a senior executive in a criminal investigation into conduct related to the hiring of employees. Antitrust Merger Review ShowingTime. Navigated ShowingTime Inc., a leading real estate showing management and market stats technology provider, through an extended review by the Federal Trade Commission of its $500 million vertical acquisition by Zillow Group. Unity Technologies Corp. Obtained merger clearances for Unity in connection with an asset carve-out acquisition from Weta Digital for certain assets, including its audiovisual effects development and management software tools, for a purchase price of $1.625 billion. Grant Thornton. Advised and obtained merger clearances for Grant Thornton LLP in connection with the sale of its Public Sector Advisory practice to Guidehouse. Divvy. Represented Divvy, a leader in spend management, in its $2.5 billion stock and cash sale to Bill.com. NTT LTD. Represented NTT, a leading IT infrastructure and services company, in its $330 million cash sale of WhiteHat Security to Synopsys, Inc. Palo Alto Networks. Advised Palo Alto Networks on its agreement to acquire Cider Security, a pioneer in application security and software supply chain security. Continental Building Products. Represented Continental Building Products, a North American leader in wallboard and joint compound materials, in negotiations to secure antitrust approvals for its sale to Saint-Gobain. The transaction cleared without a “second request” investigation. The Walt Disney Company. Assisted The Walt Disney Co. in its $71 billion acquisition of certain businesses from 21st Century Fox. Bombardier. Represented Canadian aircraft manufacturer Bombardier in connection with the worldwide antitrust clearance of its sale of a controlling interest in the “C Series” line of commercial passenger jets to Airbus. The transaction cleared without any second-phase reviews. Advised third parties on civil investigative demand (CID) responses, including Nouryon, a global specialty chemical leader, as a third-party witness in an FTC litigation challenge of a transaction between Evonik and PeroxyChem. Counseled corporate clients on antitrust issues in complex transactions, including collaborations, joint ventures, acquisitions, and mergers. Antitrust Litigation Glenmark Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Representing Glenmark in a federal antitrust multidistrict litigation alleging price fixing and market allocation of generic drugs by manufacturers of generic drugs. Nexstar Media Group. Representing Nexstar, America’s largest local television and media company, in federal antitrust litigation alleging price fixing in television advertising. Represented a leading international financial institution in multiple, sprawling class action lawsuits alleging a global conspiracy by some of the world’s largest banks to manipulate the interbank offer rate (IBOR) benchmark for multiple currencies.

Morrison Foerster

Megan Gordon

Megan Gordon's work encompasses a broad range of regulatory matters arising under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), US anti-money laundering (AML) and economic sanctions laws and regulations, export controls, privacy and US data protection laws and regulations. She advises clients on how to manage risk exposure in a wide-variety of legal areas affecting companies and financial institutions conducting international business. She also advises multinational companies in connection with transactional risks and in designing and implementing their compliance programs.

Clifford Chance

Megan Granger

Partner

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

Megan Hawn

Associate - Real Estate

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Megan Johnson

Partner

Dechert

Megan K. Bannigan

Megan Bannigan's practice focuses on trademarks, trade dress, copyrights, false advertising, design patents, rights of publicity, licensing and other contractual disputes. She represents clients across a range of industries, including consumer products, cosmetics, entertainment, fashion and luxury goods, financial services, food and beverage, pharmaceuticals, professional sports and technology. Ms. Bannigan has extensive trial experience, helping to secure an over $20 million jury verdict for client Learning Annex in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, among other matters. She also has experience representing clients before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board and the International Trade Commission. Ms. Bannigan is recognized as a "Leading partner" by The Legal 500 US (2025).

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

Megan McKeown

Associate

Jones Day

Megan Meyers

Counsel - Corporate and Finance Transactions

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Megan Misencik

Associate - Real Estate

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Megan Noh

Partner

Pryor Cashman LLP

Megan Preusker

Megan’s practice focuses on complex restructuring and insolvency matters and enforcement of creditor rights and remedies. She routinely represents institutional investors and indenture trustees in distressed municipal debt matters, including corporate and municipal bankruptcies and out-of-court restructurings. Her work spans a variety of industries, with an emphasis on health care, senior living, retail, charter schools, and higher education. Read full biography.

Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.