1528 WALNUT STREET
SUITE 1100
PHILADELPHIA, PA 19102
215-790-8800
FAX 215-790-1421
MEGAN E. WATSON
Partner
Education
Temple University School of Law
J.D. 1999
Honors:
Temple Political and Civil Rights Law Review
Eight awards for Distinguished Classroom Performance
Excellence for the Future Award for Civil Procedure I
Outstanding Oral Advocacy Civil Law Practice
Marc Craig Jacob Award (outstanding contribution to Legal Aid Office)

Muhlenberg College
Allentown, PA, B.A. in English, Minor in Women's Studies 1996
Honors:
Graduated Magna Cum Laude
Omicron Delta Kappa  (national leadership honor society)
Order of Omega (Greek honorary society)
Sojourner Truth Award (for woman exhibiting great commitment to women's issues) 

Bar Admissions
Pennsylvania 
New Jersey
Eastern District of PA

Work Experience 
Berner & Klaw Philadelphia, PA 1999-Present 
Practice includes all aspects of family law, divorce and custody mediation, and representation of plaintiffs in personal injury cases arising from domestic violence, sexual assault and child abuse. 

Bar Association Activities
Member, Pennsylvania Bar Association Family Law Section (current) 

Philadelphia Bar Association Activities
Executive Committee Member, Family Law Section (current) 
Co-Chair, Family Law Section Mentoring committee (current)
Co-Chair, Family Law Section Support and Alimony committee

Lectures/Trainings/Consulting/Publications
Panelist, American Bar Association Advisory Panel
Half Moon Seminars
Philadelphia Bar Association Bench Bar Conference 9/06 & 9/07
Drexel Law School
Temple University School of Law 
Free Library of Philadelphia
Philadelphia Bar Association, "Cover Story: Whose Child is This? Second-Parent Adoption in Pennsylvania," The Philadelphia Lawyer, Fall 2001

Board Memberships/Community Service
Arbitrator, Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas
Thomas J. Forkin Inn of Court - NJ (current)
Volunteer, Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Volunteer Mediation Program (current)
Volunteer, Philadelphia Volunteers for the Indigent Program (current)
Volunteer, Support Center for Child Advocates (current)
Co-Chair, Young Women's Initiative of Women’s Way (current)
Board Member, North Philadelphia Schools Advisory Council, Inc.
Board Member, Temple Law Alumni Association Executive Committee

Awards
Exceptional Service Award (2007) - Kids Come First Foster Parent Associatons, Local Chapter of National Foster Parent Association
Super Lawyer: Rising Stars Edition 2005, 2006 & 2007*

*Chosen by nominations from PA lawyers, research of periodicals, databases and interviews.  All nominees' background and experience are researched as well.