Megan J. McGinnis
Principal
Biography
Megan McGinnis represents businesses and individuals in commercial litigation in federal and state courts, including matters related to misappropriation of trade secrets, unfair competition, fraud, corporate and partnership breakups, breach of fiduciary duty, distribution and franchise disputes, commercial contract disputes, and other business torts.
Megan also is Chair of the firm's Recruitment Committee.
Previously, Megan completed judicial clerkships with Magistrate Judges Stephanie A. Gallagher and J. Mark Coulson of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland. She is an honors graduate of the University of Maryland School of Law, where she served as a research assistant to Associate Dean Maxwell Stearns.
Services
Education
- University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2014)
- University of Missouri (B.S.H.E.S., cum laude, 2011)
Bar Admissions
- District of Columbia, 2018
- Maryland, 2014
Professional Affiliations
- Maryland Defense Counsel: Deposition Bootcamp Steering Committee (2018)
Special Honors
- Best Lawyers in America®: Selected for inclusion in the area of Commercial Litigation, Baltimore (2025-2026)
- Baltimore Magazine "Top Lawyer" for Commercial Litigation (2026)
- Best Lawyers®: Ones to Watch: Selected for inclusion in the areas of Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Construction and Litigation - Intellectual Property (2022-2024)
- Maryland Defense Counsel: MVP Award (2018)
- Maryland Super Lawyers® - Rising Stars Edition: Selected for inclusion in the area of Civil Litigation: Defense (2018-2021, 2024), Business Litigation (2024)
Court Admissions
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
- United States District Court for the District of Columbia
- United States District Court for the District of Maryland
Recent Matters
View AllDefended Charitable Foundation in Proposed Class-Action Litigation
Successfully defended a charitable foundation by obtaining dismissal with prejudice of a proposed class action in federal court alleging improper pass-through funding from a pharmaceutical manufacturer. The case is one...
Represented Manufacturer in International Franchise Dispute
Represented an international designer, manufacturer and supplier of jewelry in a dispute with the former exclusive franchisee and distributor of our client’s products in certain South American countries. Matter involved...
