Education
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University of Michigan, J.D., cum laude
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Middlebury College, B.A., magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa
Bar Admissions
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District of Columbia
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Maine
Awards and Honors
Bates Fellowship, University of Michigan
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Megan Sowards is currently on leave of absence from Patton Boggs.
Megan Sowards draws upon her seven years of experience serving in the U.S. Senate and at the U.S. Department of State in her work representing clients before Congress and federal agencies. As Press Secretary to Senator Susan M. Collins, including during the period following September 11, 2001, Ms. Sowards communicated the Senator’s position on a host of initiatives to the national and local news media, such as on the Senator’s work to draft legislation creating the Department of Homeland Security. She also served as Collins’ Campaign Press Secretary (2002) and as Speechwriter to Senators John and Lincoln Chafee (1999-2001).
In 2003, Ms. Sowards joined the State Department as Speechwriter to John F. Turner, Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs. In this Presidentially-appointed position, Ms. Sowards drafted speeches delivered by the Assistant Secretary at multinational fora, including the United Nations, and developed a domestic outreach strategy to highlight the Department’s work to advance environmental stewardship, economic growth and social development around the globe.
Immediately prior to joining Patton Boggs, Ms. Sowards, who is fluent in Spanish, conducted a two-month analysis of Peru’s political party law for the International Republican Institute in Lima, Peru. She presented her comprehensive proposal for the law’s reform to representatives from the country’s Congress and electoral agencies, which have implemented pieces of her proposal. During law school, Ms. Sowards worked as a White House legal intern in the office of Counsel to the President of the United States.
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