Megan Anderson

Minnesota

Lathrop GPM LLP
80 South Eighth Street
3100 IDS Center
Minneapolis, MN 55402

Tel: 612.632.3004

Email: megan.anderson@lathropgpm.com
Web: www.lathropgpm.com

Professional Biography

Megan Anderson is an MSBA-certified employment and labor law specialist and proactively partners with higher education institutions, businesses and non-profit organizations to ensure employment law compliance and prevent legal claims.

Megan works with colleges and universities on higher education and student affair compliance matters and advises them on a host of higher education compliance issues, including but not limited to Title IX, the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act (VAWA), and the Clery Act.

Megan regularly advises and trains employers on the full range of employment law issues, including hiring, compensation, performance management, termination, discrimination, harassment, retaliation, workplace violence, leaves of absence, accommodations, employment policies, and employment-related contracts.

In addition to providing preventative counseling and training services, Megan conducts investigations and legal compliance reviews for employers and higher education institutions. She also regularly represents employers and higher education institutions in administrative actions and in litigation when claims do arise.

Representative Experience
  • Obtained dismissal of charge of discrimination filed with the U.S. Department of Education
  • Obtained dismissal of race and gender discrimination claims filed by student in federal district court
  • Successfully represented higher education institutions in litigation arising out of institutional sexual misconduct proceedings
  • Conducted a privileged compliance review of Clery Act and Title IX policies, procedures, and practices of a private college located in Iowa
  • Conducted a privileged compliance review of a private university’s drug and alcohol prevention program
  • Conducted an investigation of alleged sexual misconduct by a student of a private Minnesota college
  • Conducted a hazing investigation for a private Minnesota college involving allegations of hazing within Greek organizations
  • Provided interim Title IX coordinator services

Lathrop GPM has a strong tradition of advising educational institutions. We offer a complete array of legal services. Whether helping a school as its general counsel by regularly attending board meetings and advising on the day-to-day operations of the institution, serving as defense attorneys for specific litigation matters, crafting an early voluntary retirement program for faculty or staff members, or guiding the Board of Trustees through a presidential search, educational institutions turn to Lathrop GPM’s experienced attorneys for all facets of their legal needs.

Our multidisciplinary team regularly represents universities, colleges, K-12 schools and school districts, medical and professional schools, technical and trade schools, for-profit colleges and universities, online colleges and universities, and educational foundations, and has deep experience in their particular fields of practice, from employment and real estate law to technology and corporate governance. As a result, we have experience in the issues unique to the industry — critical issues our clients deal with day in and day out. Among them:

  • Faculty hiring, compensation, evaluation, discipline and termination
  • Union negotiations
  • Title IX, VAWA, and the Clery Act
  • Special education and disability issues
  • Student privacy and FERPA
  • LGBTQ+ policies and practices
  • Other student affairs issues
  • Child safety response and prevention efforts
  • Employment matters
  • First Amendment issues, including free speech, prayer and association, and access issues
  • Development, charitable giving and donor relation issues
  • Institutional governance and finance
  • Intellectual property and ownership rights
  • Issues unique to faith-based institutions
  • Assistance and emotional support animals
  • Title IV funding issues
  • Accreditation

Our practical experience, combined with active memberships in professional organizations such as the National Association of College and University Attorneys, enables us to remain on the cutting edge of developments in education law.

Lathrop GPM is a national full-service law firm providing strategic legal counsel to businesses, financial institutions, healthcare organizations, and public sector entities across a wide range of industries. Formed through the combination of two longstanding U.S. law firms with histories dating back more than a century, the firm has developed a reputation for delivering practical, business-focused legal solutions supported by deep industry knowledge and collaborative client service. Lathrop GPM advises clients on complex litigation, regulatory matters, and sophisticated business transactions across evolving commercial landscapes.

The firm maintains offices in major markets across the United States, including Minneapolis, Kansas City, Denver, Chicago, Dallas, Boston, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C., among others. This national platform enables Lathrop GPM to represent clients ranging from middle-market companies and multinational corporations to healthcare systems, developers, financial institutions, and emerging businesses operating across multiple jurisdictions.

Lathrop GPM offers a broad range of legal services encompassing corporate and mergers and acquisitions, commercial litigation, intellectual property, labor and employment, real estate, tax, healthcare law, and regulatory compliance. The firm is particularly recognized for its strengths in intellectual property, healthcare, agribusiness, and complex commercial litigation, assisting clients with high-value transactions, dispute resolution, and strategic legal planning designed to support long-term growth and operational success.