Barbero, Megan Beck

Year Joined Organization: 2007

Lawyer Overview

Megan Barbero is a counsel in the firm's Litigation/Controversy Department, and a member of the Appellate and Supreme Court Litigation and Intellectual Property Litigation Practice Groups. She joined the firm in 2006.

Practice

Since joining the firm, Ms. Barbero has represented individuals and public companies in a wide variety of civil matters before federal and state courts. Her practice is primarily focused on appellate litigation and intellectual property disputes. Ms. Barbero has represented clients in appeals before the United States Supreme Court, the United States Courts of Appeals for the First, Ninth, and Federal Circuits and state appellate courts. Ms. Barbero is a member of the Boston Intellectual Property American Inn of Court.

Ms. Barbero’s pro bono practice focuses on appellate and immigration law and has included the successful outcome in Dada v. Mukasey, 554 U.S. 1 (2008). Ms. Barbero has been appointed to appear as pro bono amicus counsel on behalf of immigration clients through the Ninth Circuit’s Pro Bono Program. Ms. Barbero is also a member of the First Circuit’s Criminal Justice Act Appellate Panel.

Prior to joining WilmerHale, Ms. Barbero completed a clerkship with the Honorable Pamela Ann Rymer of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Ms. Barbero is admitted to practice in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and before the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts and the United States Courts of Appeals for the First, Ninth and Federal Circuits.

Areas of Practice

• Litigation/Controversy
• Appellate and Supreme Court Litigation
• Intellectual Property Litigation

Representative Cases

• Federal Circuit Finds for Targus on Infringement and Interference Claims
• Supreme Court Issues Ruling in Favor of Nigerian Immigrant , (US Supreme Court)

West Practice Categories

Bankruptcy Litigation, Class Actions, Complex Litigation, Federal Appellate Practice, Federal Claims Court, Federal Trial Practice, International Trade Litigation, Litigation & Appeals, Multidistrict Litigation, Patent Litigation, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Tax Litigation, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, US Supreme Court

Bar Admissions

• Massachusetts

Education

• Stanford Law School, 2005
  JD
• Harvard University, 2001
  BA, Government
  Honors: magna cum laude

Published Works

• Note, Interpreting Rule 68 to Conform with the Rules Enabling Act, 2005
• Book Note, Reviewing James A. Kushner, The Post-Automobile City: Legal Mechanism to Establish the Pedestrian-Friendly City, 2004

Address

60 State Street
Boston, MA 02109

Phones

+1 617 526 6752 (Business Phone)

Faxes

+1 617 526 5000 (Business Fax)

Emails

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Websites

http://www.wilmerhale.com