Ms. Meter earned a juris doctor degree from California Western School of Law in 2005 where she received an Award for Academic Excellence in Business Planning - Representing Modest Business Enterprises and was on the Dean’s Honor List. She was a law clerk for Butterfield SchechterLLP during her three years of law school.  Ms. Meter received a bachelor's degree in Spanish from the University of Pittsburgh in 1999. 

Ms. Meter is admitted to practice before the courts of California, the United States District Court for the Southern District of California and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Ms. Meter is a member of the State Bar of California and the San Diego County Bar Association where she is the Chair of the Public Service Committee for the Young/New Lawyers Division.  Ms. Meter is also on the Board of the Western Pension & Benefits Conference, San Diego Chapter.

Ms. Meter argued before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on the issue of ERISA preemption achieving a successful reversal and remand of the case. See unpublished opinion Ron and Sons v. Delaware Charter Guarantee and Trust Company, 2006 U.S. App. LEXIS 731.

smeter@bsllp.com

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