Margaret Winterkorn Meyers
- New York
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Margaret is an experienced litigator who represents corporate and individual clients in investigations, regulatory proceedings, and complex commercial disputes.
Margaret Meyers’s drive, composure, and leadership skills enable her to deliver high-value service to clients in challenging circumstances. Margaret’s clients include public companies, investment banks, broker dealers, investment advisers, corporate officers and directors, and other professionals. She represents them in simultaneous proceedings involving civil litigation, arbitration, and mediation, as well as in investigations and matters before the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, U.S. Federal Reserve Bank, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), U.S. Department of Justice, state attorneys general offices, and other governmental and self-regulatory bodies. She often advises registered representatives in connection with FINRA Forms U4 and U5 disclosure language and expungement actions. Margaret also defends companies in complex product liability and commercial disputes in both state and federal court.
Margaret maintains an active and diverse pro bono docket. She advises individuals seeking asylum, Special Immigrant Visas, and humanitarian parole; represents clients in post-conviction proceedings; and litigates cases seeking to advance gun safety. Margaret also represents clients in connection with their role as amici, including drafting submissions to the Supreme Court of the United States on issues relating to the Dormant Commerce Clause.
Areas of focus
Education & Credentials
Education
- Columbia Law School, J.D., 2008
- Harvard College, B.A., magna cum laude, 2002
Bar and Court Admissions
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New York
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
Related Employment
- Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP, New York, NY, Partner, 2019-2020; Associate, 2013-2018
- Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, NY, Associate, 2008-2011; Summer Associate, 2007
Clerkships
- Hon. Denny Chin, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- Hon. Kiyo A. Matsumoto, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
Professional Recognition
Recipient of Perkins Coie "Pro Bono Leadership Award," 2022
Recommended by The Legal 500 United States in the area of General Commercial Disputes, 2020
Recognized as a Woman Worth Watching by Diversity Journal, 2019
Recognized as a Notable Practitioner by State Tax Notes for the key amicus brief in Maryland Comptroller of the Treasury v. Wynne, 2015
Impact
Professional Leadership
- Federal Bar Council Inn of Court, Member
- Women’s White Collar Defense Association, Member
Community Involvement
- Brooklyn Conservatory of Music, Member of the Board of Trustees, 2022-present
