Margaret Winterkorn Meyers Partner

Margaret provides institutional and individual clients with extensive litigation coverage in complex civil suits, government and internal investigations, and regulatory proceedings, and white-collar criminal matters.

Margaret Meyers brings to her law practice the drive, teamwork, and composure she developed as a collegiate athlete, delivering high-value service to her clients.

Margaret counsels public companies, investment banks, broker dealers, investment advisers, corporate officers and directors, and other professionals. She often defends them in parallel proceedings involving civil litigation, arbitrations, and mediations, as well as investigations and matters before the U.S. Department of Justice, Securities and Exchange Commission, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Federal Reserve Bank, state attorneys general offices, and other governmental and self-regulatory bodies. She also defends companies in complex product liability and commercial disputes in both state and federal court.

In addition, Margaret regularly advises and represents traders and financial advisors in connection with investigations and inquiries by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). These relate to allegations of recordkeeping and supervision failures, suitability, violations of the best execution requirement, unapproved outside business activities, and matters relating to Form U4 disclosures. She also negotiates U5 disclosure language on behalf of clients and has successfully represented financial advisors in connection with Form U4 expungement actions.

Margaret maintains an active pro bono docket representing individuals seeking asylum, Special Immigrant Visas, and humanitarian parole. She has also represented two cities in a successful challenge to a state's failure to ensure that disqualifying criminal records are getting into the state’s background check system. Additionally, Margaret represents pro bono clients in connection with their role as amici, including drafting submissions to the U.S. Supreme Court on issues relating to the Dormant Commerce Clause.