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Overview

Megan Childs Grant is an associate on the HR compliance, training and transactions team and a member of the labor and employment group. Megan advises employers on a broad range of complex workplace matters, including discrimination and harassment issues, employee terminations and discipline, and workplace policies and handbooks. She also offers employers guidance on general employee relations issues. Additionally, Megan advises clients on employment matters in corporate transactions.

Prior Experience

Before joining Faegre Drinker, Megan served as an associate in the labor and employment practice at an AmLaw 100 firm, representing employers in state and federal court, arbitration and administrative agencies. She also assisted clients in drafting and implementing COVID-19 policies, employee handbooks, and hiring procedures, including local, state and federal background check requirements. Megan completed a five-month secondment with the New York City Law Department serving as a Special Assistant Corporation Counsel in the Labor and Employment Division.

Megan received her J.D., with honors, from the George Washington University Law School, where she received the Ogden W. Fields Award for highest overall proficiency in labor law. During law school, Megan was an associate on The George Washington Law Review and served as a volunteer on the GW Law Family Law Pro Bono Project.
Before attending law school, Megan worked at an international investment bank as a Human Resources Graduate Analyst, where she completed rotations in reward governance, HR business partner, and campus recruiting.

Credentials

Bar Admissions

New York

Education

George Washington University Law School
J.D. Thurgood Marshall Scholar, The George Washington Law Review (2020)

Cornell University
B.S. in Human Development (2015)

Insights & Events

Latest
Blog Post April 2026

Australia’s Fair Work Commission Guidance for Use of Generative AI

Laborsphere blog
1 min read
Blog Post March 2026

Key Developments in Mexico: Updates to the Workweek and Overtime

Laborsphere blog
1 min read
Updates January 2026

State & Local Employment Law Developments: Q1 2026 (and Beyond)

New Employee Protections and Employer Obligations in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Illinois, Louisiana, Maine, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, and Washington
18 min read
Blog Post December 2025

India’s New Era of Labor Laws

Laborsphere blog
1 min read
Recorded Webinar September 25, 2024 CLE

International Employment Update on Global Mobility: Expatriates, Accidental Expatriates, Digital Nomads and Remote Work - Webinar

Labor & Employment Series: Staying on Top of Your Game
1 min read
Updates August 2024

2024 Labor & Employment Updates for Insurers

5 min read
News June 2024

Cross-Practice Faegre Drinker Team Represents Surmodics in Acquisition Agreement

2 min read
Published Articles March 2024

Employment Law Editor Erika Collins Contributes Six Chapters to 15th Edition

1 min read
News February 2024

Faegre Drinker Advises Lendway in Acquisition of Bloomia

1 min read
Recorded Webinar October 24, 2023 CLE

How International Organizations Effectively Implement Employment Policies Across Jurisdictions - Webinar

Labor & Employment Series: Staying on Top of Your Game
2 min read

Leadership & Community

Pro Bono

  • Assist non-profit organizations in revising handbooks, policies, and procedures
  • Election Protection Volunteer
  • HER Justice Volunteer
  • Secured Employment Authorization for a Venezuelan Asylum-seeker

Honors

  • Faegre Drinker — Pro Bono Honor Roll, 2023-25
  • National Law Review — Go-To Thought Leader, COVID Government Contractor Updates, 2021
Awards Methodology
No aspect of these recognitions has been approved by the highest court of any state.