Megan Kathleen Cavanagh (born 1970 or 1971)[1] is an attorney who was elected in November 2018 to become an associate justice of the Michigan Supreme Court with a term beginning in January 2019.
She attended the University of Michigan, graduating in 1993 with a Bachelor of Engineering degree, and earned her Juris Doctor from Wayne State University Law School in 2000.[4] After law school, she entered private practice and became a shareholder with Garan Lucow Miller P.C., where she specialized in appellate law.[5][6] She served as a member of the Michigan Attorney Grievance Commission.[7]
In the November 6, 2018, election Cavanagh won a seat when she received the second-most votes for the Supreme Court, receiving 25.2 percent of the vote, and unseating Kurtis T. Wilder who came in third.[8][9] The Democratic Party endorsed her candidacy.[10][11] She was the first person to join their parent as a member of the Michigan Supreme Court since 1857.[12]
