Meghan K. Woodsome, an attorney at the premier, full-service Santa Barbara law firm Reicker, Pfau, Pyle & McRoy, LLP, has been named managing partner.
Woodsome joined Reicker Pfau’s litigation department in 2017. She has been a partner with the firm since 2021 and became a member of the firm’s Management Committee in 2023. Woodsome practices in both state and federal court. Her areas of expertise include contract, M&A, and other business disputes. Woodsome also practices in the employment arena. In addition to engaging in litigation and disputes, she advises her clients on various employment-related matters including hiring, discipline, termination, and other employment practices.
After beginning her legal career at O’Melveny & Myers LLP’s Financial Services Department in San Francisco, Woodsome accrued extensive experience in civil litigation and case management, with a substantive focus in data security and privacy. She later worked in criminal law as a staff attorney in the Santa Barbara County Office of the Public Defender. Additionally, Woodsome has worked and consulted for multiple nonprofit institutions.
Woodsome obtained both her juris doctor and bachelor’s degrees with honors from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. As a law student, she represented indigent clients in the D.C. Superior Court and before the United States Parole Commission, trying multiple cases against the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia. She completed clerkships with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, the National Association for Criminal Defense Lawyers, and the Office of the Public Defender for Alexandria, VA.
A full article from the Santa Barbara edhat can be found here.