Meagan Farmer is of counsel at Grant & Eisenhofer where she focuses on corporate governance and securities litigation. She has been litigating stockholder and consumer class actions for over 20 years.
Prior to joining G&E, Ms. Farmer was a partner at a New York law firm where she litigated stockholder and consumer protection matters. She served as lead counsel to stockholders of McKesson Corporation seeking to hold McKesson’s board of directors liable for their failure to exercise proper oversight of the company’s distribution of opioids that contributed to the national opioid epidemic. The case settled for $175 million.
Ms. Farmer was also one of the lead attorneys in the ground-breaking case on behalf of bondholders of Caesars Entertainment Operating Corporation that settled for a $34.5 million recovery.
Ms. Farmer also served as sole lead counsel in a consumer class action against Staples where she obtained a $3.95 million cash recovery for consumers who bought extended warranty plans.
Ms. Farmer earned her J.D. from New York Law School, where she served as Editor-in-Chief of the New York Law School Law Review. She received her B.A. from Eastern Illinois University.