Meghan Dawson McElvy

Bradley provides business clients around the world with a full suite of legal services in dozens of industries and practice areas. Bradley works with businesses and commercial entities.

Meghan Dawson McElvy is a partner at the firm Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP located in Houston, Texas. She focuses her practice on matters involving energy litigation, oil and gas law, and construction law, and has been in the legal field for over 14 years. 

Disputes involving flaws in design and manufacture, and personal injuries are other areas Ms. McElvy handles. She counsels energy clients on the majority of operational and legal concerns resulting from the development of shale plays across Texas. She fights tenaciously and zealously for the rights and freedoms of her clients.

Graduating magna cum laude, Ms. McElvy obtained her Bachelor in Business Administration degree in finance from the Southern Methodist University’s Cox School of Business. She then attended the University of Chicago Law School to pursue her legal studies and earned her Doctor of Jurisprudence in 2008. 

Ms. McElvy is licensed to practice in the state of Texas and before the United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, and the United States District Courts for the Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas. 

Actively associated with the legal community, Ms. McElvy has memberships in prominent legal associations, including the Houston Bar Association, the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, the State Bar of Texas and the Texas Bar Foundation. She currently serves as a council member and treasurer in the Gas and Mineral Law Section of the Houston Bar Association. 

Ms. McElvy has been recognized for her notable legal services and was listed in Chambers USA in the area of Oil and Gas Litigation and was also listed in its Up-and-Coming list. Additionally, she serves as a general counsel in Communities In Schools Houston on a pro bono basis.