Prior to attending law school, Megan earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Middle Eastern Studies from Washington and Lee University. She graduated cum laude from LSU Law School in 2017, where she received a certificate in Civil Law in addition to her law degree. While at LSU, she served on the Editorial Board as a Senior Associate for the LSU Journal of Energy Law and Resources and was a published member. She was an extern for the Honorable Judge William J. “Will” Crain of the Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeals, and teaching assistant to Professor Raymond Diamond. Megan was a Chancellor’s Scholar and received CALI Awards for the Highest Grade in International Water Law, Real Estate Transactions, BioEthics, and Gaming Law.
Insurance Defense
Super Lawyers New Orleans Louisiana Rising Stars (2021-2025)
J.D. / D.C.L., cum laude, Louisiana State University (2017); Senior Associate, LSU Journal of Energy Law and Resources
B.A., Washington and Lee University (2012)
Louisiana, 2017
Alabama, 2019
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
U.S. District Courts for the Middle, Northern and Southern Districts of Alabama
U.S. District Courts for the Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana
Diamond Services Corp. v. RLB Contracting, Inc., 2023 WL 2145976 (S.D. Tex. 2023). The firm won summary judgment in favor of our client, a Miller Act surety, on the grounds that the claimant did not comply with the notice requirements under the Miller Act and because the equitable adjustment claim brought by the Miller Act claimant was barred as a matter of law.
Recent Developments in Fidelity and Surety Law, American Bar Association Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Law Journal, Summer 2024 (59:2)
Co-Author, Alabama and Kentucky chapters of The Electronic Payment Bond Deskbook for ABA, Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section, Fidelity & Surety Law Committee
Megan Daily, A Watershed Agreement: Fixing the Wild West of Water Usage, 5 LSU J. of Energy L. & Resources 341 (2017)
Panelist, Dealing with a Principal’s Bad Faith Claims and Defenses by the Principal or Indemnitors, Pearlman Association (2024)
Presenter, Bad Beats in Commercial Surety, Midwest Surety and Construction Claims Conference (2024)
Presenter, E-Discovery, Document Management and Discovery Issues, Pearlman Association (2023)
Presenter, Attorney Fee Recovery, Southern Surety and Fidelity Claims Conference (2023)
Presenter, When a Disaster Response Contract is a Catastrophe, Midwest Surety and Construction Claims Conference (2022)
American Bar Association
Federal Bar Association
Louisiana State Bar Association
New Orleans Bar Association
Washington and Lee Alumni Association
Junior Achievement Young Professionals Board (2021 – 2024)