Ed Meehan handles trials and disputes before courts, arbitrators, mediators and administrative agencies, with an emphasis on alleged business and securities fraud, construction, corporate restructuring and other complex civil litigation including class actions. Mr. Meehan also conducts internal investigations regarding alleged wrongdoing in the U.S. and abroad on matters before the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Department of Justice, the Department of Labor and other agencies.

Representative cases: Maryland Ground Rent Owners Coalition (real estate investors; constitutional taking), Xcel Energy (utility; construction disputes on power plant), Interstate Bakeries Corp. (wholesale baked goods; pension dispute), Radnor Holdings Corporation (disposable food service products, chemicals; DOL pension investigation, disputes involving hedge fund investor), Flightlease Holdings (Guernsey) Ltd. (aircraft leasing; joint venture financing dispute, airplane manufacturing contract dispute), FiberMark, Inc. (specialty paper products; bankruptcy examiner investigation, contested bankruptcy reorganization), international automaker (FCPA investigation by SEC and DOJ in more than 50 countries), televangelist church (IRS investigation), energy consultants (dispute with Middle East government), Colstrip Energy Limited Partnership, Yellowstone Energy Limited Partnership (energy project development; construction disputes on power plants), US Airways (airline; construction dispute on Philadelphia hangar, pension disputes, contested bankruptcy reorganization), KBC Bank (financial services; energy plant foreclosure), Foot Locker, Inc. (athletic apparel; contested bankruptcy acquisition), Southeast utility (SEC accounting investigation), Chart Industries (equipment manufacturing; financing finders fee dispute), Telecom New Zealand Limited (telecommunications; equipment sale dispute), Gen-Tek, Inc. (chemicals; contested bankruptcy reorganization), Medical Diagnostic Products (diagnostic test kits; fraud claims, SEC investigation), Safety-Kleen Corporation (environmental services, chemicals; contested bankruptcy reorganization), Philip Services Corporation (environmental services; disputed acquisition), Polaroid Corporation (instant imaging; contested company sale, bankruptcy examiner investigation, DOL pension investigation), energy reseller (accounting and employee personal conduct investigations), Primark Corporation (media; securities action); USEC, Inc. (energy; customer pricing dispute), Stone & Webster, Incorporated (construction, engineering; disputes on projects in U.S., Canada, Africa, Asia, DOL pension investigation), The Boeing Company (aircraft manufacturing; False Claims Act/qui tam case by DOJ/relator), The Rockies Fund, Inc. (mutual fund; SEC fraud investigation), defense contractor (insider trading investigation), NTL Incorporated (communications; corporate governance disputes), IT Corporation (construction services; bankruptcy examiner investigation), Montgomery Ward (department store retailer; supplier disputes, dispute with state tax agency), Einstein/Noah Bagel Corp. (food retailer; contested bankruptcy reorganization), Royal Bank of Canada (financial services; collect loan to jewelry business), AFLAC Incorporated, Columbus Bank and Trust Company (insurance, banking; collect loans to newspaper businesses), MGM Grand, Inc. (gaming; contested land acquisition), York Bank & Trust Co. (financial services; loan servicing dispute), National Westminster Bank Plc. (financial services; loan dispute on construction of environmentally-impacted energy plant on Air Force base), Clio Enterprises, Inc. (advertising awards; trademark dispute), Ames Department Stores, Inc. (department store retailer; commercial lease disputes, contested bankruptcy reorganization), private lenders (disputed construction loan for housing development), telecommunications entrepreneur (disputed takeover of satellite business by foreign government), worldwide healthcare charity (trademark disputes with competitor charity), Midwest healthcare company (FCPA, anti-boycott investigations by SEC, Commerce), Washington Public Power Supply System (utility; SEC investigation, securities actions on financing nuclear power plants).

Selected appellate cases: The Rockies Fund, Inc. v. Securities and Exchange Commission, 428 F.3d 1088 (D.C. Cir.) (standards for SEC penalties, rated 2005 Top 10 case by securities law publication), The Retired Pilots Ass’n of US Airways, Inc. v. US Airways Group, Inc. (In re: US Airways Group, Inc.), 369 F.3d 806 (4th Cir. 2004) (pension plans in Chapter 11, bankruptcy appellate procedure).

Mr. Meehan is also active in public interest legal work, serving for example as a member of the D.C. Circuit Task Force appointed by the chief judges to address pro bono representation in bankruptcy cases, and is the lead editor for the ABI’s reviews of opinions issued by courts in the D.C. Circuit.