Areas of Practice:

Land Use & Zoning

Green Building & Construction Law

Environmental Law

Administrative Law

Municipal Law

Bar Admissions:

Maryland

Megan L. Reuwer is a member of the Firm’s Administrative Law and Government Relations Practice Group, where she focuses her practice on assisting medium and large scale builders and developers throughout Maryland to obtain the local government and state agency approvals needed for their residential, commercial, and mixed-use projects.  She represents clients through the entire building and development process, including initial feasibility analysis and land acquisition, guiding the project through site plan approvals, and on to issuance of building and use-and-occupancy permits. In addition to providing counseling for new development projects, Ms. Reuwer also assists property owners of redevelopment projects and existing business owners to secure necessary land use and zoning approvals. 

Ms. Reuwer is one of the few attorneys in Maryland to be accredited by the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program as a LEED Accredited Professional, and is professionally interested in the impacts of environmental law and policy on the building and development industries.  As a LEED AP, Ms. Reuwer possesses a thorough understanding of green building practices and the knowledge to assist clients in the LEED certification process.  Ms. Reuwer tracks and provides analysis of environmental laws, green standards, and sustainability issues impacting Maryland from the perspective of the land development and building industry on her blog, www.buildingagreenmaryland.com. 

Ms. Reuwer earned her J.D. from the University of Maryland School of Law, where she served as the Executive Notes and Comments Editor of the School of Law’s Journal of Business and Technology Law.  While in law school, she authored a case note entitled “Wood Prince v. Lynch: Opening the Door for Subsequent Misapplications of the Business Judgment Rule to Claims Alleging that a Trustee has Breached His Fiduciary Duty of Loyalty” that was published in the Journal.  Ms. Reuwer received her B.A., magna cum laude, from Washington University in St. Louis. 

Ms. Reuwer serves on the Environmental Committee of the Maryland-National Capital Building Industry Association (M-NCBIA).  The M-NCBIA is a regional organization of more than 700 member firms representing the interests of more than 18,000 individuals in the building and development industry operating in Calvert, Charles, Montgomery, Prince George's and St. Mary's Counties in Maryland and in the District of Columbia.  She is also actively involved in the Maryland State Bar and Prince George’s County Bar Associations, and is a member of the State and Local Government Law Section of the American Bar Association.  Ms. Reuwer is admitted to practice in Maryland.