Awards & Rankings

• Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America (Insurance Law), 2022 – present
• Rising Star, Illinois Super Lawyers®, 2023 – 2024
• Business Edition of Women in the Law, Best Lawyers®, 2022
• Hirsh Award, First Place, American College of Legal Medicine Student Writing Competition in Law, Medicine & Bioethics, 2017
• CALI Award, Highest Grade in Intensive Trial Advocacy I, Health Care Law, and Juvenile Law
• Merit Scholarship, Chicago-Kent College of Law

Before Nicolaides

While attending Chicago-Kent College of Law, Meaghan worked as a judicial extern for the Hon. Bertina Lampkin of the Illinois Appellate Court, First District, and served as an intern and law clerk at two Chicago law firms, where she researched and analyzed state and federal issues, drafted motions, complaints, demands, and affidavits.
 
Meaghan served as Executive Articles Editor for the Chicago-Kent Law Review and was editor and contributor for the Seventh Circuit Review. 

Outside Nicolaides

Meaghan enjoys spending time with her family, training for marathons, and experiencing Chicago's restaurants. Meaghan is also a certified instructor in Irish dancing.