PRACTICES
OVERVIEW
Margo Meta advises major property and casualty insurance companies on complex insurance coverage issues under general and professional liability, homeowner’s liability, commercial property and excess policies. Margo has handled a wide variety of coverage and litigation matters, including construction defect (with related risk transfer issues), premises and product liability, business interruption, educator’s legal liability, sexual misconduct, rescission and bad faith.
Margo is the co-author of the “General Liability Insurance Coverage – Key Issues in Every State” (5th edition). "Key Issues” is an over 1,000 page desk reference book that quickly and conveniently provides the law in every state for 20 important liability coverage issues.
Prior to joining White and Williams, Margo was Associate General Counsel for a national homeowners’ insurance company.
While at Rutgers, Margo served as a judicial intern for the Honorable John E. Jones, III of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.
Recognition and Involvement
Recognition & Involvement
Margo has served on the Executive Board of the Greater Orlando Chapter of the National Association of Women in Construction since 2018. She also serves as a member of its national Diversity, Equity and Inclusion committee.
Margo is an active provider of pro bono legal services. In 2018, the First Judicial District of Pennsylvania presented her with the Pro Bono Publico Award for her work with Philadelphia VIP, which provides quality volunteer legal services for low-income Philadelphians.
In her free time, Margo is an advocate for destigmatizing mental health and chronic illness.
Credentials
Bar and Court Admissions
Pennsylvania
Florida
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida
Education
Rutgers School of Law - Camden, JD, 2015
University of Pittsburgh, BA, summa cum laude, 2012
News & Insights
Memberships
American Bar Association
Claims and Litigation Management Alliance
Florida Bar Florida Association for Women Lawyers
National Association of Women in Construction
Pennsylvania Bar Association
REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS
- Assisted a liability insurer in evaluation of the scope of coverage, if any, available to an insured sued by former students alleging abuse by the insured’s former employee
- Litigated a declaratory judgment action regarding a liability insurer’s duty to defend a putative products liability class action
- Litigated first-party property COVID-19 business insurance claims
- Represented national insurers’ in first-party coverage disputes, including homeowner’s insurance and commercial business claims