Meredith’s interest in the legal system began at an early age after watching a family member’s personal injury lawsuit play out in the courtroom. After law school, Meredith spent time in the personal injury and medical malpractice field before shifting her focus to advocating for clients in the area of Social Security law. Meredith has significant experience in representing claimants from the initial application through appellate courts. In 2017, Meredith drafted and argued Biestek v. Berryhill, 139 S. Ct. 1148 (2019) in the Sixth Circuit, before overseeing litigation in the United States Supreme Court. Meredith has also represented clients in the areas of ERISA, individual disability benefits, veterans affairs and vaccine injury litigation. She was the prior chair for the Social Security Chair of the Chicago Bar Association (2018-2019), Director at Large for NADR (2019-2021), and is a Super Lawyer and Leading Lawyer for 2024. Meredith is the editor of the textbook Social Security Disability Law by Tom Bush, 28th Revision.

Meredith serves as Osterhout Berger Daley’s partner of the Chicago office. In her spare time she lives in the Chicago suburbs with her husband, three children and Cavachon. She enjoys tennis, yoga and running as well as spending the weekends watching her children’s extracurricular activities.

Social Security Disability
Appellate
Railroad Disability
ERISA and Individual Disability
Federal Vaccine Law

Illinois – 2010
Michigan – 2020
U.S. States Supreme Court – 2018
U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit – 2017
U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit – 2013
Federal Claims Court – 2013
U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois – 2014
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois – 2011
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois – 2021
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana – 2013
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana – 2013
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan – 2013
U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan – 2014
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin – 2013
U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin – 2013

University of Chicago Illinois Law, J.D., cum laude – 2010
Connecticut College, B.A. – 2004

State Bar of Michigan Social Security Division – 2014
Chicago Bar Association, Social Security Division – 2019
National Business Institute – 2014, 2019, 2020, 2023, 2024
American Bar Association – 2017, 2018
National Association of Disability Representatives (NADR) – 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021
National Organization of Social Security Claimants’ Representatives (NOSSCR) – 2023, 2024