Sullivan

Megan Sullivan focuses her practice on pharmaceutical, medical device and healthcare litigation. She also has experience representing clients in state and federal court in a broad range of litigation, including pharmaceutical and medical device product litigation, products liability, commercial litigation, transportation, catastrophic loss, contract disputes, construction defect, and personal injury cases. She has experience in all phases of complex litigation, including dispositive motions and hearings, depositions, discovery, trial preparation, and mediation. Megan’s experience ranges from cases for high-profile pharmaceutical and Fortune 500 companies to small business owners and individuals.

• Drug & Device Litigation
• Products, Catastrophic & Industrial Litigation
• Groundwater & Chemical Exposure Litigation
• Mass Torts
• Commercial Litigation
• Tort, Transportation & Specialized Litigation

Pharmaceutical, Medical Device and Healthcare

Megan concentrates her practice on pharmaceutical and medical device litigation, with experience taking and defending depositions of parties and witnesses, preparing pharmaceutical and products liability cases for trial, and collaborating with trial teams to shape strategy and develop expert testimony. She has secured significant results for clients, including obtaining summary judgment on behalf of a corporate client in a breach of contract action and dismissal of claims against a corporate client in Municipal Court. She represents high-profile companies and individuals in a wide range of litigation in state and federal courts, regularly drafting discovery, expert, and dispositive motions.

Megan is active in the American Bar Association, the State Bar of Texas, the Austin Bar Association, the Austin Young Lawyers Association, and is a member of the Travis County Women Lawyers’ Association. She is a member of the Defense Research Institute, and has volunteered to coach Mississippi College School of Law’s Health Law Transactional team, which was named the 2022 National Champions when she participated in the competition.

Megan received her J.D., cum laude, from Mississippi College School of Law, where she was the Casenote/Comment Editor of the Mississippi College Law Review, served on the executive team of the Moot Court Board, and a member of the National Order of Barristers. She obtained her B.A. in History from Millsaps College where she played on the Women’s Basketball Team and served as captain her senior year.

• In re Paragard IUD Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 2974, United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia: Member of the discovery team.
• Key member of trial team involving the pelvic mesh litigation.
• Core member of expert, discovery, motions, and deposition teams involving the CoolSculpting Device.
• Assists expert team representing chemical manufacturer in environmental and products liability PFAS claims in state and federal courts.
• Core member of trucking litigation in state courts across Texas.
• Core member of numerous commercial litigation cases in federal and state court across Texas.

• Texas, 2023
• U.S. District Courts
  • Texas: Northern, Southern, Eastern, Western

• Mississippi College School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2023
  • Mississippi College Law Review, Casenote/Comment Editor
  • Moot Court Board, Alumni Relations Chair
  • Writing Fellow, Legal Analysis and Communication
  • Phi Delta Phi Honor Society
  • The Order of Barristers
  • National Champion, Loyola Chicago Health Law Transactional Competition
  • Best Memorandum, Loyola Chicago Health Law Transactional Competition
  • American Board of Trial Advocates Award
  • Betty B. Tucker Award
  • Legal Writer’s Circle Award
  • Mississippi Bar Health Law Section Award
  • American Jurisprudence Award, Trial Practice, Legal Research
• Millsaps College, B.A., History, 2020
  • Millsaps Women's College Basketball, Captain
  • Millsaps Women's College Basketball Record Holder, Made 3-Point Field Goals in Career
  • Top 5 SAA Player in 3-Point Field Goals Made
  • SAA All-Academic
  • Laney Award Finalist
  • Panhellenic Executive Council, Director of Service and Programming
  • Chi Omega Sorority, Director of Campus Activities
  • Phi Alpha Theta Honor Society

• Clerkship, The Honorable Martin Hoffman, 68th Civil District Court, Summer 2021

• State Bar of Texas
• Austin Bar Association
• Austin Young Lawyers Association
• Travis County Women Lawyers' Association
• Defense Research Institute

• Co-Author, "50 State Survey: Offers of Judgment Statutes and Rules," Pro Te: Solutio, Vol. 17, No. 2, July 2024.