Megan Burrows Carpenter

Megan Burrows Carpenter is an associate in the Seattle, Washington, office of Jackson Lewis P.C. She advises and defends employers in a wide range of labor and employment matters, including discrimination, retaliation, wrongful discharge, harassment, whistleblower, and employment tort claims. 

Megan also defends class and collective actions brought under federal and state wage and hour laws. She has extensive experience litigating cases. Megan has assisted her clients in obtaining summary judgment in numerous actions and helped her clients win defendants’ verdicts in cases that went to trial.

Prior to entering private practice, Megan served as an assistant corporation counsel in the New York City Law Department, Office of the Corporation Counsel. During this time, she represented the City of New York, its agencies and employees as lead attorney before federal, state and administrative tribunals in employment law, personal injury and property damage matters. During law school, she was the managing editor and the production editor of the Cardozo Journal of Law & Gender.

Pro Bono and Community Involvement

• Kids in Need of Defense, Pro Bono Attorney
• Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, Pro Bono Attorney