Associate

Meredith B. Weatherby

843.216.9167

Meredith Weatherby develops and litigates securities fraud class actions and shareholder derivative suits on behalf of institutional investors.

Meredith represents unions, public pensions and institutional investors in federal courts throughout the country. Her casework includes representing clients in a number of cases related to high frequency trading (HFT), including the groundbreaking securities fraud litigation against NASDAQ and the New York Stock Exchange that was recently revived upon appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. She was also involved in the securities class action against Twitter Inc. Previously, Meredith was a member of the teams representing investors in securities fraud class actions filed against Advanced Micro Devices, Barrick Gold and SAC Capital, among others.

Meredith also has experience litigating medical malpractice and negligence suits in state court. 

Prior to joining Motley Rice, Meredith gained trial and settlement experience as an associate at a Dallas, Texas, law firm working in business and construction litigation. While attending the University of Texas School of Law, she clerked for an Austin firm, represented victims in court as a student attorney in the UT Law Domestic Violence Clinic and was a Staff Editor of the Review of Litigation journal. During her undergraduate and law school career, Meredith studied abroad in Paris, France, Geneva, Switzerland and Puebla, Mexico.

Education

J.D., University of Texas School of Law, 2011

B.A. with distinction, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 2008

Licensed In

  • South Carolina
  • Texas

Admitted to Practice Before

U.S. District Court for the Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas

Associations

Charleston County Bar Association

Awards and Accolades

Charleston, SC
2021–2025  Ones to Watch list: Litigation – Securities

2024  Forty Under 40