Senior Associate

Dallas
901 Main Street
Suite 4000
Dallas TX 75202
TEL: (214) 749-4281
FAX: (214) 760-8994

mzeller@zellelaw.com

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Practice Areas

Bar and Court Admissions

State Court: Texas
U.S. District Court: Northern, Southern, Western and Eastern Districts of Texas

Education

The University of Texas School of Law, J.D., 2015
Chief Articles Editor for the Texas Intellectual Property Law Journal
University of Michigan, B.A., 2009, with distinction and highest honors

Megan Zeller

Megan represents some of the world’s largest insurance carriers, where her practice focuses on a wide range of insurance-related matters in both first-party property and commercial general liability disputes as well as third-party matters, with an emphasis on coverage, construction defects, breach of contract, and bad faith. She has extensive experience handling all phases of litigation in both state and federal court.

Prior to joining Zelle, Megan served as an attorney at a regional Texas-based law firm, where she managed an extensive docket of first-party and third-party cases, including matters involving coverage, breach of contract, bad faith and negligence for multiple national Fortune 500 insurance carriers. She successfully drafted and argued summary judgment motions, expert challenges, facilitated complex settlements and prepared for trial.

Articles & Presentations

“Lassoing Liability with Megan Zeller - The Fifth Circuit Finds CGL’s Motorized Vehicles Endorsement to Preclude Coverage for Drag Racing,” The Zelle Lonestar Lowdown, November 13, 2024, author

“Lassoing Liability with Megan Zeller: The Fifth Circuit Continues to Uphold Texas’ General “Physical Injury” Definition” The Zelle Lonestar Lowdown, October 9, 2024, author

“Lassoing Liability with Megan Zeller - Excess Stowers Verdicts Continue to be Risky Ventures for Primary Insurers” The Zelle Lonestar Lowdown, September 11, 2024, author

“Lassoing Liability with Megan Zeller - Courts in Texas Continue to Define Allegations Involving Trespass as Voluntary and Intentional Acts,” The Zelle Lonestar Lowdown, August 13, 2024, author

“Lassoing Liability with Megan Zeller - Courts in Texas Continue to Find that the MCS-90 Endorsement Is Applicable Only in a Duty to Indemnify Analysis,” The Zelle Lonestar Lowdown, July 10, 2024, author

“Lassoing Liability with Megan Zeller - The Fifth Circuit Deals a Blow to Insureds in Bitcoin Disputes,” The Zelle Lonestar Lowdown, June 13, 2024, author

“Lassoing Liability with Megan Zeller - An Overview of Key Cases and Trends in Texas Liability Law From 2023-2024,” The Zelle Lonestar Lowdown, May 14, 2024, author

“Lassoing Liability with Megan Zeller - Court Relies on Stipulations as Extrinsic Evidence When Determining the Duty to Defend,” The Zelle Lonestar Lowdown, April 9, 2024, author

“Lassoing Liability with Megan Zeller - Insurers Continue to Face Significant Risks in Stowers Claim Litigation,” The Zelle Lonestar Lowdown, March 13, 2024, author

“Fifth Circuit Holding Addresses Scope of BI Coverage Under Cyber Policy,” Claims Journal, March 12, 2024, co-author

“Fifth Circuit Holding Addresses Scope of Business Interruption Coverage Under Cyber Policy,” The Zelle Lonestar Lowdown, February 16, 2024, co-author

“Lassoing Liability with Megan Zeller - The Assault and Battery Exclusion Continues to be Firmly Upheld in Texas,” The Zelle Lonestar Lowdown, February 16, 2024, author

“Lassoing Liability with Megan Zeller - Court Denies the Use of Extrinsic Evidence to Determine an “Occurrence” During the Policy Period,” The Zelle Lonestar Lowdown, January 9, 2024, author

“Lassoing Liability with Megan Zeller - How To Be a Reasonably Prudent Insurer Under the Stowers Doctrine,” The Zelle Lonestar Lowdown, December 12, 2023, author

“Lassoing Liability with Megan Zeller - Hold Your Horses: Insurers May Still Have a Duty to Indemnify Even if They Don’t Have a Duty to Defend,” The Zelle Lonestar Lowdown, November 14, 2023, author

“Dealing with 542A Demands: It's All in the Details,” The Zelle Lonestar Lowdown, October 10, 2023, author

"Eastern District Upholds Heightened Pleading Standard to Insured’s Prompt Payment Claim," The Zelle Lonestar Lowdown, September 12, 2023, author

Professional Affiliations

Insurance Law Section of the State Bar of Texas
Dallas Bar Association
Dallas Women Lawyers Association

Noteworthy

Prior to law school, Megan volunteered as an AmeriCorps VISTA. While in law school, Megan served as a judicial intern to the Honorable Amos L. Mazzant, III of the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas.