Meagan P. VanderWeele is a partner in the Chicago Office of GRSM and is a member of the Insurance Practice Group. Her practice primarily focuses on complex commercial litigation, insurance coverage and cyber security & data privacy litigation.
- Obtained defense verdict in favor of infectious disease physician in a three-week wrongful death trial in which plaintiff asked the jury to award in excess of $12 million.
- Successfully defended at trial an estate planning attorney accused of negligently preparing an amendment to a trust in which the defense asserted an unclean hands affirmative defense.
- Obtained defense verdict at trial, which was affirmed on appeal, in a complex medical malpractice case involving a wrongful birth claim.
- Achieved dismissal with prejudice, which was affirmed on appeal, in a legal malpractice case involving the plaintiff’s lawyer’s misconduct, including falsified court documents, which supported affirmance of the dismissal.
- Secured appellate court reversal in favor of defendant long-term care facility in a case of first impression where circuit court denied stay of non-arbitrable claims pending completion of arbitration.
In re Atm Fee Litigation: Ninth Circuit Uses Illinois Brick to Build a High Wall for Indirect Purchasers, 12 DePaul Bus. & Comm. L.J. 121 (Fall 2013)
Admissions
- Illinois
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
Memberships
- Illinois Bar Association
- Chicago Bar Association
Education
- J.D., DePaul University College of Law, 2014
- Magna Cum Laude
- Editor-in-Chief, DePaul Business & Commercial Law Journal
- Member, Order of the Coif
- Judicial Extern, Honorable Justice Anne M. Burke, Illinois Supreme Court
- Teaching Assistant, Legal Analysis, Research & Communications
- Janet D. Steiger Fellow, Tennessee Office of Attorney General
- Recipient of several CALI Awards for Academic Excellence
- B.A., Political Science and Sociology, Minor in Women’s Studies, 2011
- University Honors
Honors
- Super Lawyers® Rising Stars distinction in Insurance Coverage and Business Litigation, 2019-2025
- Leading Lawyers Magazine, Emerging Civil Defense Lawyer, 2020
- Leading Lawyers Magazine, “Emerging Women Lawyer,” 2020-2021
- Best Lawyers in America® Ones to Watch distinction in Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants, 2021-2026, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, 2021-2026, Legal Malpractice Law, 2024-2026