Meredith E. Kotler

Meredith is a partner in the New York office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. Her practice focuses principally on commercial and securities litigation, government and internal investigations, and appellate work.

Meredith previously served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of New York. During the last year and a half of her tenure, she served as the Deputy Chief Appellate Attorney in the civil division, where she supervised approximately 50 attorneys in briefing and arguing appeals before the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Meredith was lead counsel for the United States in the WorldCom bankruptcy proceedings, and co-counsel for the United States in the consolidated WorldCom securities class actions pending in the Southern District of New York. She has argued 17 appeals before the Second Circuit, and dozens of emergency applications for orders to show cause and preliminary injunctions in federal district court.

In addition, Meredith has handled a broad range of civil matters from the pre-complaint stage through trial and appeal. Her litigation experience includes challenges to administrative and regulatory action, as well as securities, constitutional, telecommunications, employment, civil rights, bankruptcy, tax, international law, and labor matters.

Meredith E. Kotler has spoken at the following CGOC events: