Overview
Meg Griffith represents plaintiffs and defendants in complex commercial litigation across the country. Meg joined Susman Godfrey after clerking for Judge Mark Wolf of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts and Justice Kimberly Budd of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. Between clerkships, Meg practiced commercial litigation and regulatory work at another leading firm in New York and London.
TRIAL WINS
Meg and a team of lawyers from Susman Godfrey won a $166.3 million jury verdict on behalf of Finesse Wireless LLC against AT&T Mobility LLC and Nokia Corporation of America over patent infringement claims relating to wireless networks. The jury delivered the verdict after three hours of deliberation following a week-long trial in the Eastern District of Texas. Meg was a key member of the trial team, leading critical depositions, putting up Finesse’s infringement expert at trial, and playing a significant role in the Markman hearing win. This case was reported on by media outlets including Reuters, Nasdaq, Yahoo Finance, Bloomberg, Telecom Paper, Law360, and Texas Lawbook. Read more.
Meg previously defended two individuals and their businesses in a partnership dispute where claims were valued at $70 million. Meg was a key player on her team leading up to and during trial. She led discovery efforts, secured a temporary injunction on counterclaims, successfully argued several critical motions, and won denial of the key aspects of Counter-Defendants’ motion for summary judgment. During the two-week trial, Meg examined friendly and adverse witnesses and successfully defended direct verdict motions on major counterclaims. The jury later rejected plaintiff’s expert’s model and awarded only 8% of her claim, a huge win for the defense.
Meg and a team of Susman Godfrey lawyers were hired less than six months before a preferentially set jury trial in Texas state court to represent a plaintiff in a nearly decade-long theft of trade secrets dispute between two manufacturing competitors. The team converted the case to binding arbitration, tried it, and secured a non-appealable award, which, after the payment of the firm’s contingent fee, netted the client over $30 million.
Meg has also represented clients pro bono in unemployment, housing, child support, and immigration-related matters.
BACKGROUND
During law school, Meg pursued a dual-degree program, earning both a J.D. from Columbia and a Master in Economic Law from Sciences Po. She served as Head Articles Editor for the Columbia Journal of European Law and represented non-profit organizations through Columbia Law School’s Community Enterprise Clinic.
Meg was born in Houston and grew up in Texas, Louisiana, and Germany. She received her undergraduate degrees with honors from Boston University. Between college and law school, Meg taught high school mathematics in Donna, Texas through Teach For America.
Notable Representations
- Finesse Wireless LLC v. AT&T Mobility LLC and Nokia of America Corporation (E.D. Tex.) Won a $166.3 million jury verdict on behalf of client Finesse Wireless LLC against AT&T Mobility LLC and Nokia Corporation of America over patent infringement claims relating to wireless networks. The jury delivered the verdict after three hours of deliberation following a week-long trial. This case was reported on by media outlets including Reuters, Nasdaq, Yahoo Finance, Bloomberg, Telecom Paper, Law360, and Texas Lawbook. Read more.
- Partnership Dispute (Harris County Dist. Ct. (Tex.)) Defended two individuals and their businesses in a partnership dispute where claims were valued at $70 million. During the two-week trial, Meg examined friendly and adverse witnesses and successfully defended direct verdict motions on major counterclaims. The jury later rejected plaintiff’s expert’s model and awarded only 8% of her claim, a huge win for the defense.
- Confidential Trade Secret Arbitration. Hired less than six months before a preferentially set jury trial in Texas state court to represent a plaintiff in a nearly decade-long theft of trade secrets dispute between two manufacturing competitors and an employee who had defected to the competitor. The team converted the case to binding arbitration, tried it, and secured a non-appealable award, which, after the payment of the firm’s contingent fee, netted the client a substantial award.
- Mirada Energy LLC v., Equinor Energy LP (Denver County Dist. Ct. (Colo.); McKenzie County Dist. Ct. (N.D.)) Represented Mirada Energy and its affiliates against Equinor Energy LP in lawsuits arising out of Equinor’s operations in the North Dakota Bakken oil and gas fields. Mirada claimed Equinor failed to offer Mirada (a working interest owner) an opportunity to participate in Equinor’s lucrative midstream and non-drilling operations that serviced the wells. The Court affirmed Mirada’s key positions related to the contracts in question after Meg’s successful briefing of summary judgment, ultimately leading to resolution of the matter.
- In Re Blackbaud, Inc., Customer Data Security Breach Litigation (D.S.C) Served as counsel to plaintiffs in this action that relates to a massive data breach. Blackbaud, a cloud computing provider, maintains consumer data on behalf of thousands of non-profit corporations, hospitals, and educational institutions. The complaint alleges that Blackbaud did not maintain adequate security measures, which led to a ransomware attack. The stolen data included bank account information, social security numbers, health care data, usernames, and/or passwords.
- State of Louisiana and Louisiana Parishes v. Chevron et al.(Cameron Parish Dist. Ct. and others) Defending Chevron in dozens of lawsuits relating to the loss of marsh land in Louisiana filed by Louisiana Parishes and the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources.
Honors & Distinctions
Honors and Awards
- Selected to the Institute for Energy Law’s 2023-24 Leadership Class
- Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar
- Paul R. Hays Prize in Civil Procedure
- Parker School Certificate for Achievement in International & Comparative Law
- Best in Class Awards, Civil Procedure and Contracts
- Teaching Fellow, Contracts
Clerkships
- Honorable Mark L. Wolf, United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
- Honorable Kimberly S. Budd, Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
Education
Education
- Columbia Law School (J.D.)
- Institut d’études politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) (Master in Economic Law)
- Boston University (B.A. in International Relations, Concentration in East Asia and Foreign Policy/Security Studies, magna cum laude)
- Boston University (B.Sc. in Communication, Concentration in Public Relations, summa cum laude)
Admissions
Admissions
Bar Admissions
- Texas
- Massachusetts
- New York
Court Admissions
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
Publications
- Article, Steer Clear of Excessive Deposition Objections, ABA Litigation Section (June 11, 2024).
- Article, Navigating a Timed Arbitration: Strategies and Challenges in the Race Against the Clock, ABA Litigation Section: Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee (Mar. 19, 2024) (co-written with Laranda Walker)
- Note, Freedom of Expression and the Chilling Effect on User-Generated Content in Europe, 22 Colum. J. Eur. L. 355 (2016).
- Post, Driving While Non-European: Reaching a European Consensus on the Exchange of Driver’s Licenses, CJEL: Preliminary Reference (Apr. 29, 2015).
Languages
Languages
- French
- German
