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Meighan Griffin Burton
Associate

Phone: (410) 659-1324 direct
Fax: (410) 659-1350 fax
Email: mburton@wcslaw.com

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AREAS OF PRACTICE
 
Admiralty, maritime, and transportation law, including wage claims, vessel arrests and attachments, Jones Act claims, marina claims, maintenance & cure, recreational boating accidents, railroad property damage and personal injury claims, and trucking and transportation related claims.

General Litigation, including construction defects, architect/engineer claims, premises liability, personal injury, auto accident, insurance defense, small business, contract claims, collections and commercial litigation in state and federal courts.
 
  BAR ADMISSIONS  
 
Maryland Court of Appeals, 2005
United States District Court for the District of Maryland, 2006
 
  EDUCATION  
 
University of Maryland School of Law, J.D. 2005, with honor
Activities: Notes & Comments Editor, The Business Lawyer, 2004-2005; Treasurer, Student Animal Legal Defense Fund, 2004-2005
 
University of Maryland, College Park, Honors Program, B.A. Criminology and Criminal Justice, 2002
Activities: Member since 1999, Kappa Alpha Theta; President, Pan-Hellenic Association, 2001-2002
 
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
 
Chair, Young Lawyers’ Division, Bar Association of Baltimore City, 2009-2010
 
Member, American Bar Association and Maryland State Bar Association, 2005-present
 
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
 
Maryland Volunteer Lawyers’ Service
AWARDS & HONORS
 
Meighan has been named in the 2009 and 2010 Maryland Super Lawyers® list of “Rising Stars ”for General Litigation. Click here to see Meighan’s profile page on the Super Lawyers® Web site.
 
Elected to two-year term on the Maryland State Bar Association´s Board of Governors, 2010.

 

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