Megan Jackler

Special Counsel
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Primary Office: New Orleans, LA

Gittings Global NE157512
Gittings Global NE157512

ABOUT

Megan

Megan Jackler is an immigration attorney and litigator who brings her expertise gained through years of public service to partner with corporations and businesses in protecting their interests and achieving their objectives.  A problem solver, she analyzes and approaches each matter with critical and “outside the box” thinking, collaboration, and compassion. Megan seeks the best outcome for her clients, always working diligently and humbly to accomplish the mission of providing high quality, client-focused, and result-driven representation.

Megan focuses her practice on litigation and immigration. Her experience includes serving as the supervisory immigration judge of the New Orleans Immigration Court, where she balanced supervising judges and staff while managing her own docket with thousands of cases. Megan also served 12 years as a Navy judge advocate (JAG) attorney around the world, including Japan, Afghanistan, Virginia, Mississippi, and Hawaii with experience in prosecution, defense, and in-house counsel.

Outside of her practice, Megan enjoys spending time with her young family, cooking, and playing the ukulele.

Representative Matters

  • Represented one of the six Navy Sailors court-martialed pursuant to the 2017 ship collision cases in the Pacific.
  • Represented a Navy Sailor administratively separated for conduct related to the Glenn Defense Marine Asia “Fat Leonard” scandal.
  • Prosecuted dozens of special victims cases in the Navy for offenses ranging from sexual harassment to forcible rape.

Practices

Industries

Education

  • J.D., American University Washington College of Law
  • B.A., Political Science, Barnard College, Columbia University
  • Certificate in Psychology of Leadership, Cornell University
  • Certificate in Joint Professional Military Education, Naval War College

Admissions

  • District of Columbia, 2009
  • New York, 2016
  • Virginia, 2020
  • Louisiana (pending)

Awards & Recognitions

AMERICAN VETERAN

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