Bio
Megan Whiteside serves as Of Counsel at Brown & Barron. Megan is an experienced trial lawyer, mom of four, national speaker, adjunct professor, and podcast host of Mom Life and Law. She believes that representing the victims of nursing home neglect and their surviving families is a great honor and a great responsibility. She uses her skills in the courtroom and her prior experience on the defense to gain a competitive advantage in her cases. Megan is a passionate advocate for her clients, as well as for fellow moms in the legal profession. She has significant litigation experience in nursing home abuse and neglect, medical malpractice, and automobile negligence cases.
She currently serves as the co-chair of the Maryland Association for Justice’s Nursing Home Section. She is an active member of the American Association for Justice's Nursing Home Litigation Group and The Nursing Home Trial Lawyers Association Top 10. She has been recognized as a Super Lawyers Rising Star in Maryland and DC. Megan is also an active member of the Women’s Caucuses of the American Association for Justice, Maryland Association for Justice, and Trial Lawyers Association of Washington, DC.
Education
- J.D.American University Washington College of Law
- B.A.University of California Los Angeles , CA
Honors & Awards
- American Association for Justice
- Super Lawyers Rising Star, Maryland
- Super Lawyers Rising Star, District of Columbia
- The Nursing Home Trial Lawyers Association Top 10
- Maryland Association for Justice, Nursing Home Section Co-Chair
- Maryland Association for Justice, Education & Programs Committee Co-Chair
- Trial Lawyers Association of Washington, DC