Meghan Tepas is a Partner in the Litigation and Labor & Employment Practice Groups of Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP. Ms. Tepas was a Partner at Freeborn & Peters, which combined with SGR in 2023.
Ms. Tepas is passionate about litigation and dogged in her fight to achieve success for her clients, no matter how difficult the case. She approaches each case with creativity, out-of-the-box thinking, and determination. She can and does litigate disputes of all types—including breach of contract, family business disputes, employment disputes, and disputes relating to trusts and fiduciary duty obligations. She also regularly drafts contracts and counsels employers and employees relating to non-compete agreements and restrictive covenants, anti-sexual harassment, and employment discrimination issues.
Outside of work, Ms. Tepas loves her all women-lawyers book club, taking French classes, and yoga.
Ms. Tepas earned her B.A. from the University of Michigan, and her J.D. from Indiana University Maurer School of Law, where she was an Executive Articles Editor for the Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies.
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Contributor, “Employment Termination: Employer Obligations and Workplace Considerations: 2022 Edition,” Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education.
Guest, “Attorneys as Employees,” In Re Podcast, Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, August 4, 2022.
Author, The S. Supreme Court Clarifies Employers’ Legal Obligations to Transgender and Homosexual Employees, August 31, 2020.
Co-Author, “Client Alert: New Employment Laws in 2019 and 2020 Increase Employer Obligations,” Freeborn & Peters LLP (June 2020).
Presenter, Freeborn & Peters LLP COVID-19 Webinar, “Getting Back to Business: Safely, Legally, and Effectively,” (May 28, 2020).
Co-Presenter, “Commercial Contracts in the Time of COVID-19”, Publicity Club of Chicago Webinar, (April 8, 2020).
Co-Author, “Client Alert: U.S. Treasury and SBA Offer Additional Guidance on “Paycheck Protection Program” (PPP)”, April 3, 2020.
Co-Author, Client Alert: CARES Act Creates New $349 Billion SBA Loan Program, April 1, 2020.
Author, “Client Alert: Considering Layoffs During COVID-19? Keep These Things In Mind,” Freeborn & Peters LLP (March 23, 2020).
Author, “Client Alert: Commercial Contracts in the Time of Coronavirus (COVID-19),” Freeborn & Peters LLP (March 20, 2020).
Author, Employers’ Legal Obligations to Transgender Employees-Upcoming Supreme Court Case to Shed Light on the Law, October 3, 2019.
Author, “Curtailing The Tail of Liability for Dissolved Corporations,” Civil Litigation Flashpoints, published by the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, June 2014.
Author, “What’s in a Name?” Civil Litigation Flashpoints, published by the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, February 2013.
Author, “A Look at Traditional Islam’s General Discord with a Permanent System of Global Cooperation,” Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies, 2009.
