Megan ranks third in NCAA Women’s Lacrosse history for number of consecutive games with at least one goal scored.
Megan Ehrig focuses her practice on Labor & Employment and Immigration law. She defends clients in matters involving civil rights claims, including those alleging harassment and/or discrimination, retaliation, wage and hour violation, breach of contract and actions brought under other employment related state statutes. She similarly concentrates her immigration practice in business and employment immigration, assisting businesses in obtaining visas for employees and advising on workplace compliance laws and regulations.
Prior to rejoining Miller & Martin, Megan spent more than seven years as in-house counsel for one of the largest trucking companies in the U.S. with employees and contractors nationwide.
Ms. Ehrig graduated cum laude from Sewanee: The University of the South, in 2012 where she obtained a B.A. in English. She was then selected as the recipient of the Herbert Herff Presidential Law Scholarship for academic merit and attended the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law. While attending law school, she received the Dean’s Award for Excellence for both the Best Oral Advocate and Best Brief for Legal Methods II and received the CALI Awards (highest grade in the class) in five subjects. Ms. Welton graduated magna cum laude, earning her J.D. in 2015.
Bar Admissions
- Tennessee
Court Admissions
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee
Clerkships
Certifications
Accolades
Memberships
- American Immigration Lawyers Association
- Associated General Contractors of East Tennessee - BLOC (Building Leaders of Chattanooga)
- Chattanooga Bar Association
- Defense Research Institute
- Federal Bar Association, Chattanooga Chapter
- SHRM (Society for Human Resources Management)
- Tennessee Bar Association
Community
- J.D., magna cum laude, University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, 2015
- Recipient of the Herbert Herff Presidential Law Scholarship
- Member, University of Memphis Law Review
- Dean’s Award for Excellence, Best Oral Advocate, Legal Methods II, Spring 2013
- Dean’s Award for Excellence, Best Brief, Legal Methods II, Spring 2013
- CALI Awards for Highest Grade in Civil Procedure II, Property II, Labor, Criminal Procedure II, Immigration
- Littler Mendelson Labor Law Award
- B.A., cum laude, English, Sewanee: The University of the South, 2012
- The Order of Gownsmen – Academic Honor Society, 2010-2012