Meghera Lynne Bunch
Meg is highly experienced at representing children and families. Meg will use her considerable talents at crafting holistic approaches to assist families in obtaining appropriate educational services and securing their civil rights. She helps families to secure appropriate educational programming and placement or a FAPE under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act as well as accommodations and modifications under Section 504 and the ADA.
Education
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J.D., Temple University Beasley School of Law
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Rubin Public Interest Honor Society Fellow
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Barrister’s Award for Trial Advocacy
Court Admissions
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Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
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United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Honors
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B.A., maxima cum laude, La Salle University, Honors Program
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LaSalle University James A. Finnegan Memorial Award for the graduating senior who best exemplifies ideals of social justice and shows promise in applying those ideals to a governmental, political, or legal career.
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LaSalle Student Activities Achievement Award, most notably for serving as the Chairperson of the Judicial Board
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LaSalle Philosophy Department Award
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National Society of Collegiate Scholars
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Alpha Epsilon Alumni Honor Society.
Before joining Batchis & Nestle, Meghera practiced in the City of Philadelphia Law Department Child Welfare Unit, where a judge before whom she regularly practiced described her as “a model solicitor,” encouraging other attorneys to follow her lead. At the Child Welfare Unit, Meghera devoted thousands of hours to advancing the safety and well-being of some of Philadelphia's most vulnerable citizens—children in the foster care system. Meg specialized in cases involving older youth, youth diagnosed with an intellectual disability or autism, and youth who not only had dependency cases, but delinquent cases as well.
Meghera collaborated with social workers, opposing counsel, Community Behavioral Health, the Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbilities, educational professionals, and juvenile justice stakeholders to transition plan for children as they aged out of the foster care system.
In addition to litigating dependency cases in court, Meg frequently helped facilitate older youth transition planning and discharge planning meetings. She handled complex cases involving youth with severe mental health and behavioral needs.
Before practicing at the City of Philadelphia, Meg served as an Assistant District Attorney in Bucks County advocating for victims of crime while also seeking to promote rehabilitation for juvenile offenders.
During her last year of law school, Meg worked as a law clerk at a highly respected, local civil defense law firm and returned to the firm as an associate attorney in 2021.
After graduating from law school, Meg completed a judicial clerkship with the Honorable Brian T. McGuffin of the Bucks County Court of Common Pleas.
Meg continues to represent children at the Firm and helps families to secure appropriate educational programming and placement or a FAPE under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act as well as accommodations and modifications under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act or RA and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Meg will use her considerable talents at crafting holistic approaches to assist families in obtaining appropriate educational services and securing their civil rights.
Born and raised in Philadelphia, Meg lives in Bucks County with her husband as well as their dog and cockatiel.