PRACTICES
Litigation and Dispute ResolutionReal Estate
Business Organizations and Transactions
EDUCATION
Chicago-Kent College of Law - JD, 2003Michigan State University - BA, 2000
Bachelor of Arts in International Relations
Bachelor of Arts in Marketing
BAR ADMISSIONS
- Illinois (2003)
COURT ADMISSIONS
- Northern District of Illinois (2003)
- Federal Trial Bar (2008)
Megan Lopp Mathias
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Megan Mathias Representative Matters
- Corporate income tax dispute allowing multi-national corporation to take a tax position that will save it millions in tax liability. See Commissioner of Revenue v. AT&T Corp., 82 Mass. App. Ct. 1106; 2012 Mass. App. Unpub. LEXIS 889 (Mass. App. Ct. July 13, 2012) (http://www.mass.gov/dor/businesses/help-and-resources/legal-library/tirs/tirs-by-years/2013-releases/tir-13-12.html)
- Trust litigation matter involving modification of trust documents in last weeks of grantor's life
- Breach of contract and piercing corporate veil claims taken to trial and resulting in a judgment which exceeded $800,000 and included a judgment against the corporation and the individual owner
- Successfully defended client against sophisticated trade secret and breach of non-competition agreement claims made by client’s competitor
- Positive result after arbitration on 18 claims made against client surrounding "corporate divorce" matter involving disputes between members of limited liability companies and cross-claims of breach of fiduciary duties and statutory violations
- Successful defense of motion for temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction regarding ownership and use of software code
- Breach of contract dispute taken to trial in federal court over disagreement regarding broker commission and amounts due to investor
- Managed mortgage foreclosure portfolio for a number of banks including high-stakes litigation involving control of commercial properties cross-collateralized by a now defunct developer