Meggie Weiler
Associate
Areas of Focus
- Tax
- Advises clients on a broad range of tax matters.
Meggie focuses her practice on complex tax matters relating to private investment funds, mergers & acquisitions (M&A), cross-border transactions and other business activities.
Previously, Meggie was a judicial extern to the Honorable Adam B. Landy of the U.S. Tax Court in Washington, D.C., and a legal intern at the U.S. Department of Justice, Tax Division. Prior to law school, Meggie was a senior economic policy analyst for a civil rights and advocacy organization and worked in the office of U.S. Senator Patty Murray.
Meggie earned her J.D. from American University Washington College of Law, where she served as a notes and comment editor for the Administrative Law Review. She received a B.A. in American politics and government from the University of Puget Sound, with a minor in economics.
Meggie was a member of Akin’s 2023 summer associate class.
EducationJ.D., American University, Washington College of Law, cum laude, 2024
Bachelor of Arts in Government, University of Puget Sound, 2013
J.D., American University, Washington College of Law, cum laude, 2024
Bachelor of Arts in Government, University of Puget Sound, 2013
Bar AdmissionsDistrict of Columbia
District of Columbia
- Judicial Extern, the Honorable Adam B. Landy, U.S. Tax Court, 2023.
- Student Attorney, Janet R. Spragens Federal Tax Clinic, Washington, D.C., 2022-2024.
- Intern, U.S. Department of Justice, Tax Division, Washington, D.C., 2022.
- Anti-Trafficking Campaign Assistant, Human Rights First, 2016-2018.
- Staff Assistant, Office of U.S. Senator Patty Murray, 2015-2016.
- Research and Communications Assistant, Americans for Tax Fairness, 2013-2015.
