Meg E. Ziegler

Senior Associate

Meg Ziegler works with clients of Choate’s Government Enforcement & Compliance Department. She represents individuals and corporations, including universities, medical institutions, and pharmaceutical companies involved in complex litigation, government investigation, and/or internal investigation.

While in law school, Meg served as a Judicial Intern to the Honorable Judge Juan Torruella, First Circuit Court of Appeals, and as a legal intern and Rappaport fellow for the EdLaw Project in Boston, Massachusetts.

Representative Engagements

  • Representing global pharmaceutical company in federal False Claims Act investigation.
  • Assisting university and teaching hospital clients with addressing and responding to foreign conflict of interest concerns raised by NIH.
  • Assisting financial consulting client with investigating and responding to SEC inquiries.
  • Representing and defending individual executive in federal investigation targeting sales and marketing practices of global pharmaceutical company.

Publications and Presentations

Professional and Community Involvement

  • Educational advocate for youth in special education matters through ongoing partnership with the EdLaw Project.
  • Participant in Choate’s legal clinic for the homeless program through the Lawyers Clearinghouse.
  • Legal mentor for Discovering Justice Mock Appeal after-school program.

Education & Credentials

Boston College Law School
JD, 2020, magna cum laude
Managing Editor, Boston College Law Review
Boston College
MEd, 2020
Education
University of Vermont
BS, 2015, magna cum laude

Admissions

Massachusetts

Meg's Insights

Publications 09.14.2023

FTC Finalizes Order with Genetic Testing Company 1Health.io in Privacy and Security of Genetic Information Case

The FTC recently finalized an order with genetic testing company 1Health.io (“1Health” or “Vitagene”), settling claims that it failed to live up to its privacy and security practices. This is the FTC’s first enforcement action focused on both the privacy and security of genetic information.

Announcements 06.28.2023

Diana Lloyd and Meg Ziegler Published in The Bulletin on Compensation Clawbacks Program

Diana Lloyd, Co-Chair of Choate’s Government Enforcement and Compliance Group and Associate Meg Ziegler co-authored the article “Compensation Clawbacks: Domestic and International Considerations of DOJ Pilot Program,” published in The Bulletin of The International Academy of Financial Crime Litigators.