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DLA Piper LLP (US) Offices
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1251 6TH AVE,
NEW YORK, NY 10020-1104
NEW YORK
United States
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Megan Shea
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Work Department
Litigation, Arbitration and Investigations; Insurance and Reinsurance Disputes; Insurance
Position
Partner
Career
Megan concentrates her commercial litigation practice on counselling and dispute resolution for leading insurance companies worldwide in connection with financial institutions liability, directors and officers liability, professional liability and M&A insurance (including representations and warranty insurance). Megan also regularly litigates non-insurance M&A, fiduciary duty, fraud and securities law claims for public and private companies and their management.
Education
J.D., Fordham University; B.A., Boston College
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Insurance > Advice to insurers
DLA Piper LLP (US)‘s insurance department globally serves major insurance and reinsurance companies, catering to a global client base. The team excels in global insurance placements, master and local policies, and multi-jurisdictional class action litigation. Led by Aidan McCormack in New York, the practice emphasizes strengths in litigation, appellate work, arbitration, and alternative dispute resolution. Also in New York, Joseph Finnerty co-leads the representation & warranties practice group, with extensive litigation and advisory experience alongside Megan Shea, who focuses on litigation, investigation, counseling, and M&A insurance coverage disputes. Mark Deckman specializes in coverage strategies, settlements, and product liability, while Stephen Schwab, with a focus on international trade, notably concentrates on insurance and reinsurance regulation and compliance, transactions, dispute resolution, and receivership. From Dallas, Robert Myers Hoffman significantly contributes to the practice, securing over 60 dispositive motions and serving as lead counsel in Covid-19 litigation.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Tax > International tax
- Real estate > Land use/zoning
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: middle-market (Up to $500m)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Real estate > Real estate
- International trade > CFIUS
- Government > State attorneys general
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Advertising and marketing: transactional and regulatory
- Insurance > Advice to insurers
- Industry focus > Cannabis
- Dispute resolution > E-discovery
- Tax > Financial products
- Finance > Fintech
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Intellectual property > Copyright
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Insurance > Insurance: non-contentious
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: automotive/transport
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Government > Government contracts
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Finance > Project finance
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Transport > Rail and road: litigation and regulation
- International trade > CFIUS