Megan is the Senior Paralegal and Office and Property Manager of The Brender Law Firm, located in the medical district of Fort Worth. She has worked for Art Brender since 1983, after starting her career in the legal field as a legal secretary in 1982 for another law firm. Megan graduated from Southwest High School in 1983 and while working for Art Brender, obtained her B.A. from the University of Texas at Arlington. Megan’s experience at The Brender Law Firm includes handling personal injury, product liability, insurance bad faith, criminal, civil rights, probate, medical negligence, mass torts, class actions, sexual harassment, and employment discrimination cases from intake through trial and appellate litigation, including two cases before the United States Supreme Court, Watson v. Fort Worth Bank & Trust, 487 U.S. 977, and Trevino v. Texas, 503 U.S. 562.
Megan is a board-certified paralegal in Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization (2008) She has worked for The Brender Law Firm, in Fort Worth, since 1983. Paralegal Division: Megan has served as Paralegal Division President for two terms (2016-2017 and 2019-2020) and is an Ambassador of the Paralegal Division. She has previously served as Director of District 3 (2012-2015), Parliamentarian (20142015), former Board Advisor to the Pro Bono Committee, Annual Meeting Committee, and Vendor Liaison Ad Hoc Committee, and former Liaison to the Texas Young Lawyers Association and the American Bar Association. State Bar and Local Association Involvement: Megan has been re-appointed to serve a second term on the Legal Services to the Poor in Civil Matters by the State Bar of Texas (2017-2023). Megan also served as the Fort Worth Paralegal Association’s Professional Development Chair and as the SBOT Liaison to the Paralegal Division. Awards: Megan was awarded the Fort Worth Paralegal Association’s Paralegal of the Year 2014 Award and the Paralegal Division’s highest honor, the Award of Excellence in 2018.
As Editor of the Texas Paralegal Journal, Megan concurrently serves as the Paralegal Division’s Publications Chair. Megan also serves as the Paralegal Division’s Chair of the Website Development Committee, member of the Paralegal Division’s Long-Term Strategic Planning Committee, and the Paralegal Division Representative of the Texas Bar College (2020-2023).
Professional affiliations: Active Member of the Paralegal Division of the State Bar of Texas, Active Member of the Fort Worth Paralegal Association; paralegal member of the Texas Bar College; paralegal member of the American Bar Association; Paralegal Affiliate Member of AAJ; and an Associate Member of the Tarrant County Bar Association.
Megan has served as Advancement Chair and Committee Member of Boy Scouts of America; Cub Scouts, Pack 9 (20082013); Committee Member on the Vision Committee 2013 of St. Paul Lutheran Church; and Joshua High School Booster Club Board Member (2018-2020).
Special Announcement
Immediate Past President Megan Goor, TBLS-BCP was re-appointed by State Bar President Larry McDougal to the Legal Services to the Poor in Civil Matters Committee, a Standing Committee of the State Bar of Texas, in 2020 to serve a second three-year term. The mission of the committee is: To concern itself with creation and means of implementation of programs, such as legal aid or pro bono efforts, to assure delivery of legal services to persons who are unable to afford counsel to represent them in civil matters. The composition of the committee shall include members of legal aid, legal services and pro bono programs, including at least one director from a Legal Service Corporation-funded field program. This committee works in collaboration with Texas Access to Justice Commission, Texas Access to Justice Foundation, Legal Access Division, and others. Megan is the first paralegal/Paralegal Division member to be appointed to this committee. To learn more about the Legal Services to the Poor in Civil Matters Committee, visit their website.