Meaghan is a managing associate in Orrick’s Complex Litigation and Dispute Resolution Group with a wealth of litigation and trial experience.
Meaghan is experienced in a range of state and federal litigation matters including civil and criminal conspiracy, fraud, employment, construction, pharmaceutical intellectual property rights, COVID-related insurance recovery, and class action data breach litigation. Now Meaghan focuses her practice on products liability and class action litigation.
Prior to joining Orrick, Meaghan focused her practice on political law matters with an emphasis on fighting voter suppression laws and legislation which disenfranchise minorities, young, low-income, disabled, and elderly voters. Meaghan served on trial teams that successfully struck voter suppression laws in New York, Texas, Georgia, and Arkansas.
In 2020, Meaghan was named to the Capital Pro Bono Honor Roll with high honors after providing more than 100 hours of pro bono service before the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. Meaghan continues in her commitment to pro bono service by providing legal services to domestic violence survivors with the DC Volunteer Lawyers Project.
Meaghan earned her J.D. from American University Washington College of Law, while serving in chambers with the Hon. Yvonne M. Williams of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
Meaghan is located in Orrick’s Washington, D.C. office, and admitted to practice in Washington, D.C. and Maryland.
Admitted In
Maryland
District of Columbia
Education
American University, Washington College of Law, J.D.
James Madison University, B.S., Public Administration, 2007
https://dicellolevitt.com/attorney/elizabeth-paige-white/
Elizabeth Paige White
Washington, DC
pwhite@dicellolevitt.com 202.975.2288
Paige is a trial lawyer. She advocates for individuals and families victimized by implicit and explicitly discriminatory systems, police brutality, and predatory corporations.
OVERVIEW
AWARDS & HONORS
ADMISSIONS & MEMBERSHIPS
Paige White’s practice currently focuses on civil rights, police brutality, and wrongful death cases. Paige began her career in public service, working as a public defender at the Neighborhood Defender Services of Harlem in New York City where she handled hundreds of charges from felony narcotics to violent crimes. She later joined the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia, defending adults and juveniles on serious felony cases including violent sexual assault and homicide. While working for the Public Defender, she successfully argued a series of writs of habeas corpus over the conditions at the D.C. Central Detention Facility, which subsequently lead to a number of individuals being released.
Paige was named the “2022 Young Lawyer of the Year” by The Bar Association of the District of Columbia. She is the current President of the Young Lawyer’s Division of The Bar Association of the District of Columbia, and is a proud member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated, Trial Lawyers for the District of Columbia, and the National Bar Association. She earned her J.D. from the University of Florida’s Frederic C. Levin College of Law, where she was the only woman that year to be included in the UF Trial team’s “Final Four.” During law school, she interned for Congresswoman Frederica Wilson, for whom she created a national campaign to support the kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls. Paige holds a Bachelor’s degree from Temple University in political science and sociology with a Spanish minor.
Paige is also honored to serve as Of Counsel to attorney Ben Crump and his law firm Ben Crump Law PLLC.
Practice Areas
Education
University of Florida’s Frederic C. Levin College of Law, J.D.
Temple University, B.A., Spanish minor
Grace E. Speights handles high-profile and high-stakes workplace matters for employers and is often called upon by clients for crisis management assistance. She is sought out by executives and boards for her experience in not only investigating workplace misconduct claims, but also examining the culture of companies and their workplaces. Amid national attention on issues of racial equality and social justice, Grace helps employers navigate demands to create more diverse and inclusive workplaces, investigate allegations of noninclusive or racist workplace environments, and advise on corporate diversity and inclusion initiatives.
Janice Bashford brings more than 15 years of experience in building strategic partnerships across a range of issues to help clients navigate the legislative process. In her prior role as Legislative Director and Chief Counsel to Congresswoman Karen Bass, she played a key role in negotiating and advancing legislation and other initiatives on a range of issues, including judiciary, appropriations, foreign affairs, child welfare, civil and human rights, voting rights, immigration, health, labor, intellectual property and copyright, and the COVID-19 response.
Janice also has worked closely with numerous key committees and groups, including the Ways and Means Committee, the Judiciary Committee, the Foreign Affairs Committee, the Congressional Black Caucus, the Bipartisan Women's Caucus, the Congressional Tri-Caucus (the Congressional Black Caucus, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, and the Congressional Asian-Pacific American Caucus), and the Congressional Caucus on Foster Youth.
Other senior leadership roles include working for Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, and, earlier in her career, in staff positions for U.S. Senator John Kerry and on the field operations team of the 2008 Obama-Biden campaign.