Megan C. Moore

Megan C. Moore

Houston, TX recognized lawyers icon Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2024
Rusty Hardin & Associates LLP

6 Best Lawyers awards

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Awarded Practice Areas

Commercial Litigation

Biography

Megan C. Moore is a commercial litigator with experience as a key trial team member, including a weeks-long federal trial with several hundred million dollars at stake. She has successfully represented clients from a host of industries, including manufacturing, mortgage, medical, energy, real estate, financial, pharmaceutical, and technology. Her clients have included both plaintiffs and defendants in business disputes, breaches of contract and fiduciary duty matters, and employment disputes.

“My philosophy is to work to resolve problems as quickly as possible for my clients,” Megan says. “But I have no hesitation about going to the mat in the courtroom when that’s called for.”

Her experience covers all aspects of trial work, including managing extensive e-discovery, arguing motions, and preparing witnesses. She has played important roles in achieving or defending against temporary restraining orders and injunctions for both plaintiffs and defendants in state and federal court. Megan has provided general advice and counsel to employers and has drafted noncompete and nondisclosure agreements and employee handbooks. She’s also been appointed attorney or guardian ad litem in federal court cases. In addition, she has written appellate briefs in both state and federal courts.

Before joining Rusty Hardin & Associates, Megan spent nearly six years at the commercial litigation and employment law firm of Hoover Kernell in Houston. During that time, she was a member of the defense team representing a mortgage company and its president in a federal False Claims Act trial that lasted more than a month. She managed over 2,000 exhibits during the trial.

Before her time at Hoover Kernell, Megan worked at a litigation boutique. She also served as law clerk to U.S. District Judge Melinda Harmon in the Southern District of Texas.

Rusty Hardin & Associates LLP

6 Best Lawyers awards

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Overview

  • University of Houston Law Center, JD, graduated 2006

  • Texas, State Bar of Texas

  • U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
  • Texas, State Bar of Texas
  • University of Houston Law Center, JD, graduated 2006
  • U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Client Testimonials

Awards & Focus

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 for work in:
  • Commercial Litigation
Awards:
  • Best Lawyers in America, 2024-2026

  • 500 Leading Litigators in America, Lawdragon, 2024-2026

  • Texas Super Lawyers, Thomson Reuters, 2024-2025

  • Texas Rising Stars, Thomson Reuters, 2015-2020

  • Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation

Additional Information

  • Representative Cases
  • Defending a publicly traded oil and gas company in a $100 million dispute arising from the operations of participation agreements and joint operating agreements in North Dakota.
  • Member of a trial team in a case before the Delaware Court of Chancery. Prior to trial, Ms. Moore deposed numerous witnesses across the county, assisted in drafting extensive pre-trial briefing, and prepared the client for trial examination.
  • Defended an inland marine transportation company against claims of discrimination and retaliation under the Federal Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and the Americans with Disabilities Act brought by a former employee who had been with the company for 18 years. In connection with the FMLA claims, she drafted and argued a motion to dismiss, which the federal district court granted from the bench.
  • Represented several municipal employees, including city managers, city administrators, and a city attorney, in employment disputes regarding breach of their employment contracts.
  • Appointed attorney ad litem to represent minor claimants of life insurance proceeds in a federal interpleader action involving a homicide investigation.

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