Biography
Megan Hart is an attorney in the firm’s Intellectual Property practice group, focusing on the preparation and prosecution of patent applications in the health care and life science disciplines.
Megan has five years of health care industry experience including global clinical testing project management, diagnostic regulatory launch support and software implementation that enable her to provide sound guidance to clients on complex medical and technical concepts.
Services and Industries
Background
Prior to joining Armstrong Teasdale full time, Megan worked at the firm as a summer associate in the Intellectual Property practice group.
Before attending law school, she worked as a quality engineer for a multinational medical device and health care services company, where she specialized in medical devices and regulatory affairs.
Education
- Saint Louis University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2021)
- SLU Law Journal of Health Law & Policy, (Editor-in-Chief, 2020-2021)
- United States District Court, Eastern District of Missouri (Federal Judicial Clerk)
- Legal Research and Writing, Property (Teaching Assistant)
- Academic Excellence Award: Legal Research and Writing II
- Dean’s List (Spring 2021)
- Purdue University (B.S., 2012)
- Biomedical Engineering
Admissions
Professional Activities
- The Missouri Bar
- Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis (BAMSL)
- Alpha Sigma Nu, Jesuit University Honor Society (Member)
Accolades
- The Best Lawyers in America® Ones to Watch, Health Care Law, Patent Law (2024-present)
- First Prize, Epstein Becker & Green Health Care and Life Sciences Writing Competition (2020): Expanding Patient Access to Breast Cancer Genetic Testing Through Incentive Regimes
- Regulatory Affairs Certificate: Medical Devices, Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society (RAPS) (August 2014)
- Purdue Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering and the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance, Recognition for senior design project involving diagnostic technology for peripheral neuropathy
