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Meetali Jain

Meetali Jain is a lawyer who brings court cases over harms from AI chatbots and other technology. She worked at Avaaz and Reset Tech before founding Tech Justice Law Project in 2023, and as of October 2026 she is its executive director. In November 2024 she was one of the lead lawyers in Megan Garcia's case against Character.AI, and in May 2025 a federal judge allowed the case to proceed. In November 2025 her group and the Social Media Victims Law Center filed seven lawsuits against OpenAI. TIME named her to its 2026 TIME100 AI list.

Now at
Tech Justice Law Project

Timeline

  1. 2017

    Campaign and legal director at Avaaz

    She starts her career as a lawyer, representing detainees accused of terrorism after 9/11. In 2017 she is campaign and legal director at Avaaz, where she begins work on disinformation and broader tech harms.

  2. 2021

    Joining Reset Tech

    She joins Reset Tech in 2021, where she focuses mainly on tech law and policy in the US.

  3. 2023

    Founding Tech Justice Law Project

    She founds Tech Justice Law Project in 2023 and leads it as executive director.

  4. November 2024

    Counsel in Garcia's Character.AI case

    In November 2024 she speaks on the Center for Humane Technology podcast as one of the lead lawyers in Megan Garcia's case against Character.AI.

  5. May 2025

    Garcia's suit goes forward

    A federal judge allows Garcia's suit against Character.AI to proceed in May 2025, and she calls the moment historic.

  6. November 2025

    Seven lawsuits against OpenAI

    In November 2025 her group, Tech Justice Law Project, and the Social Media Victims Law Center file seven lawsuits against OpenAI over ChatGPT.

  7. 2026

    On the TIME100 AI list

    In 2026 TIME includes her on its TIME100 AI list, where she works on the legal accountability side of AI.

  8. As of October 2026

    Executive director and founder

    She is executive director and founder of Tech Justice Law Project.

Sources and credits

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  1. Our Team — Tech Justice Law techjusticelaw.org. Checked 14 October 2026.
  2. "2025. Meetali Jain" by Meetali Jain egrove.olemiss.edu. Checked 14 October 2026.
  3. What Can We Do About Abusive Chatbots? With Meetali Jain and Camille Carlton humanetech.com. Checked 14 October 2026.
  4. In Lawsuit Over Teen’s Death, Judge Rejects Free Speech Rights for AI Chatbots insurancejournal.com. Checked 14 October 2026.
  5. Federal judge allows lawsuit against Silicon Valley-based Character AI that blames chatbot for teen's death - ABC7 San Francisco abc7news.com. Checked 14 October 2026.
  6. Tech Justice Law Project and Social Media Victims Law Center lawsuits accuse ChatGPT of emotional manipulation, supercharging AI delusions, and acting as a “suicide coach” — Tech Justice Law techjusticelaw.org. Checked 14 October 2026.
  7. TIME100 AI 2026: Meet 10 Indian and Indian-origin names shaping the future of AI businesstoday.in. Checked 14 October 2026.