Biography
Jayma M. Meyer is counsel at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and a visiting clinical professor at the O’Neill School, Indiana University. After a distinguished career in antitrust law, Meyer now focuses on advocating the power of sport to bring about social change, especially on achieving gender equality in sports through education, activism, and litigation.
Meyer began her legal career as an attorney in the Bureau of Competition, Federal Trade Commission, in Washington, D.C. She moved to private practice and joined Simpson Thacher & Bartlett in New York City. Her long career at Simpson Thacher includes establishing their Los Angeles office. At Simpson Thacher, Meyer has represented clients on antitrust and sports issues in numerous federal courts and agencies, including briefing antitrust issues in the U.S. Supreme Court and litigating pro bono Title IX cases in California and Hawaii.
As a visiting clinical professor at the O’Neill School since 2015, Meyer teaches sports law and public policy, consults on matters impacting athletes, and lectures on Title IX, amateurism, and other ethical issues in sports. Additionally, she has published in scholarly law reviews on antitrust issues impacting sports and on Title IX.
Meyer is a member of the board of directors of the Sports Lawyers Association where she has held significant leadership positions. She is a member of the advisory councils of the Women’s Sports Network, Women’s Sports Foundation, Concussion Legacy Foundation, and the Sports Industry Council at the Kelley School of Business (IU). She is an emerita member of the board of directors of the National Women’s Law Center, Women’s Sports Foundation, Reproductive Health Access Project, and Urban Assembly Girls School for Criminal Justice.
Meyer has been named a New York Super Lawyer in the categories of Antitrust and Top Women Lawyers. She received the Distinguished Alumni Service Award from Indiana University in 2022, the IU Bicentennial Medal in 2020, and the Distinguished Alumni Award from the O’Neill School in 2014. Meyer is an active member of numerous antitrust and sports law bar association committees at the city, state, and federal levels. She is licensed to practice in New York and California.
Meyer was a top 10 world-ranked swimmer in the early 1970s before Title IX opened broad intercollegiate opportunities for women.
She received a B.S. from the Indiana University O’Neill School, with high distinction, and a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center.