Biography
Meredith Tavallaee is a commercial litigation attorney in Jackson Walker’s Dallas office.
Prior to Jackson Walker, Meredith practiced at a national law firm, where she focused on business and M&A disputes in the healthcare, financial services, construction, and real estate industries. She has also served as a judicial intern for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas and was an intern at the Women’s Law Project and Community Legal Services in Philadelphia. An art history and French major, Meredith also interned at the Musée du Louvre and Musée de Cluny in Paris, France.
Meredith serves on the Advisory Council of the School of Arts, Humanities and Technology at The University of Texas at Dallas, and is a graduate of the Business Council for the Arts Leadership Arts Institute, Dallas Class of 2022.
Additional Languages
French
Education
B.A., with Distinction, summa cum laude, Southern Methodist University
- Phi Beta Kappa
J.D., University of Pennsylvania Law School
- Wharton Certificate of Management
- Journal of Law & Public Affairs, Founding Member and Articles Editor
- Journal of International Law, Associate Editor
- Penn Law Civil Practice Clinic, Student Attorney
- Penn Law Mediation Clinic, Student Mediator
Bar Admissions
Texas
Court Admissions
U.S. District Court for the Eastern, Northern, Southern, and Western Districts of Texas
- Successfully represented a private equity firm and dental service organization in a $15 million securities dispute
- Handled breach of contract disputes for clients in the construction, e-commerce, dentistry, and financial services industries
- Drafted all pleadings in a large, multimillion-dollar commercial lawsuit against an international grocery chain with lawsuits across multiple jurisdictions
- Texas Rising Star, Super Lawyers by Thomson Reuters, 2023
- “The DSO Model Offers Advantages to Dentists,” Dentistry Today (October 2019)
- “The Past, Present and Future of the DSO,” North Texas Dentistry (October 2019)
- “Recent National Treasure Acquired by the Louvre,” SMU Scholar: Collection of Engaged Learning (April 2014)
- Dallas Bar Association, Member
- Dallas Association of Young Lawyers (DAYL), Member
- DAYL Lawyers Serving Children Committee, Co-Chair
- Business Council for the Arts Leadership Arts Institute (LAI), Class of 2022
- Advisory Council of the School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology at The University of Texas at Dallas

April 24, 2023
NewslettersJW Diversity & Inclusion Newsletter – April 2023
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March 23, 2023
Attorney NewsJackson Walker Congratulates Its 2023 Texas Rising Stars
Jackson Walker is pleased to announce the selection of 63 attorneys to Thomson Reuters’ 2023 “Super Lawyers – Rising Stars” list, which recognizes only 5% of Texas attorneys who either are 40 years of age or younger or have been in practice for 10 years or less.

November 17, 2022
NewslettersJW Diversity & Inclusion Newsletter – November 2022
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August 1, 2022
NewslettersJW Diversity & Inclusion Newsletter – August 2022
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July 12, 2022
Attorney NewsMeredith Tavallaee Graduates From Dallas County’s Leadership Arts Institute
Jackson Walker congratulates Meredith Tavallaee on graduating from the Leadership Arts Institute as a member of the Dallas Class of 2022.




April 21, 2022
NewslettersJW Diversity & Inclusion Newsletter – April 2022
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