Gleason, Margaret C.

Current Employment Position(s)

Associate

Lawyer Overview

Meg Gleason has broad experience in complex commercial litigation matters, with a focus on insurance coverage advice and litigation primarily in the areas of commercial general liability (CGL) and directors and officers (D&O) insurance. Meg also has litigation experience in products liability, employment, appellate, and general contract and tort matters. She has appeared in state and federal courts at the trial and appellate levels, as well as before U.S. and international arbitral tribunals. She has argued in federal district court and before the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. She recently served on a trial team pursuing directors and officers coverage in a three-week international arbitration in the U.K.

Meg's pro bono practice has included serving as court-appointed counsel for prisoners alleging civil rights violations at the federal trial and appellate levels. She represented a mother in efforts to readmit her child into a local elementary school under federal statutes that ensure equal access to public education for homeless children and youths. She served on the Local Rules Committee for the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, and the subcommittee for revisions to Local Rule 23 (class actions), in connection with revisions to the Local Rules effective December 2009. She is a member of the W. Edward Sell American Inn of Court and the board of governors of the Yale Club of Pittsburgh.

Before attending law school, Meg lived in the U.K. for three years while studying at Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar.

Areas of Practice

• Trial Practice

Representative Cases

• Mother successfully readmits her child into a local elementary school under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act , (2009)
• Prisoner's civil rights upheld after being repeatedly placed in solitary confinement , (2007)

West Practice Categories

Bankruptcy Litigation, Class Actions, Complex Litigation, Federal Appellate Practice, Federal Claims Court, Federal Trial Practice, International Trade Litigation, Litigation & Appeals, Military & Veterans 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

• Pennsylvania

Education

• Oxford University - England
• St. Louis University
• Yale University

Published Works

• Amicus Brief on Defense Costs Recoupment or Reimbursement, American & Foreign Ins. Co. v. Jerry's Sport Center, Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, coauthor, 88 MAP 2008, 2009
• Amicus Brief on Adoption of Section 2 of Restatment (Third) of Torts, Bugosh v. I.U. North America, Inc., Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, coauthor, 7 WAP 2008, 2008

Address

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Pittsburgh, PA 15219-2514

Phones

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