Contact Information

Main phone

301-652-6880

Fax

301-654-1673

Email

mwallace@fdalaw.com

Assistant

Joyce Hawkins

Practice Description

• General Business Counselor
• Real Estate and Land Use and Zoning
• Taxation and Tax-Exempt Organizations
• Nonprofit Organizations
• Administrative and Regulatory Matters

Experience

Ms. Megan M. Wallace is an associate of Furey, Doolan & Abell, LLP and joined the firm in 2000. Ms. Wallace counsels clients on matters related to business entity selection and formation, as well as ongoing operational issues. She advises clients on real estate issues, including commercial acquisitions and leases and has also counseled clients on land use matters, especially zoning, commercial, and residential land development issues. In addition, Ms. Wallace represents clients in matters before administrative agencies, including the Montgomery County Council; the Montgomery County Planning Board; Montgomery County Board of Appeals; and the District of Columbia Board of Zoning Adjustment. She has guided clients through the complex process of establishing tax-exempt organizations and has counseled tax-exempt organizations on operational and administrative issues.

Prior to entering private practice, Ms. Wallace was a Law Clerk to the Honorable Marilyn Kelly of the Michigan Supreme Court and an Adjunct Professor of Law at the Thomas M. Cooley Law School.

Bar and Court Admissions

• Maryland, 2000
• District of Columbia, 2000
• Virginia, 2001
• Georgia, 1997
• Michigan, 1998

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW) - National and Maryland Suburban Chapters (Board Member)
• Barristers Club
• District of Columbia Bar Association (Taxation section)
• Maryland State Bar Association (Real Estate section)
• Montgomery County Bar Association (Business Law, Real Estate and Taxation sections)
• Women's Bar Association of Maryland (Montgomery County chapter)
• Virginia State Bar
• State Bar of Georgia
  
• State Bar of Michigan
  
• American Bar Association (Taxation and Real Property, Probate and Trust Law sections)

Publications and Presentations

• "The Ethical Considerations of Defense Strategies When Confronted With a Victim Impact Statement - Give Us Dirty Laundry?" 13 T.M. Cooley L. Rev. 991 (1996)
• "The Development and Impact of the Digital Performance Right in Sound Recordings Act of 1995" 14 T.M. Cooley L. Rev. 97 (1997)

Community Involvement

• Montgomery County Parents of Multiples (Board Member)
  
• Georgetown University Alumni Club
  
• Agnes Scott College Alumni Association
  
• National Capital Area Alumni Association of the Thomas M. Cooley Law School
• Whitman-Walker Clinic Volunteer

• LL.M. in Taxation, Georgetown University Law Center, 2000
• J.D., Thomas M. Cooley Law School, 1997 (cum laude)
  • Managing Editor, Thomas M. Cooley Law Review
• B.A. in Psychology, Agnes Scott College, 1990