About Meg
Meg Beasley represents clients across a wide range of industries in federal and state courts. She provides counsel in diverse matters including securities litigation, complex commercial disputes, environmental claims, and government investigations. Her experience includes engaging with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
As pro bono counsel, Meg represents incarcerated petitioners before the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Prior to joining Bracewell, Meg served as law clerk to Justice S. Bernard Goodwyn of the Supreme Court of Virginia. She has also completed internships in the Superior Court for the District of Columbia and the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice.
Experience
Recent Notable Matters
Westlake Vinyls, Inc. — defended owner of a chemical manufacturing facility in a cost allocation arbitration at a highly-complex Superfund site; successfully defended the arbitration agreement in a related appeal in the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals challenging the validity of that agreement
Interstate natural gas pipeline company — defended challenges to Clean Water Act Section 401 certifications and FERC certificate in the U.S. Courts of Appeal for the Sixth and D.C. Circuits
Publications and Speeches
“Dysfunctional Equivalence: Why the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention Provides Insufficient Guidance in the Era of Multinational Corporations,” 47 Geo. Wash. Int’l L. Rev. 191, 2015.