Of Counsel
Margaret M. McKee
Meg McKee is Of Counsel to PK Law. She comes to the firm from Proctor & McKee, P.A. where she practiced from 1999 until 2019. Prior to that she was with Miles & Stockbridge and Smith, Somerville & Case. She has more than 35 years of experience representing clients in trials, arbitrations, mediations and appeals in matters involving complex commercial, corporate and business litigation, real property disputes and serious personal injury litigation. Meg is highly regarded in the business and legal communities for her expertise in business dispute litigation particularly those involving shareholder and membership interests.
Meg graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1981 and received her law degree from the University of Baltimore in 1984, where she was a National Champion in the American Bar Association’s Client Counseling Competition. After graduating from law school, she served as a law clerk in the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County, Maryland in 1984 and 1985. She then joined the Baltimore–based firm Smith, Somerville & Case in 1985, practicing from that firm’s Annapolis, Maryland office. In 1995 Meg joined the Baltimore – based firm of Miles & Stockbridge, where she concentrated her practice in commercial litigation and insurance defense.
Meg is a seasoned litigator and prides herself on her ability to communicate effectively in both written submissions and oral presentations at a variety of tribunals, including at trial, on appeal, in arbitration and in mediation. Meg regularly encourages her clients to mediate before pursuing litigation, but is a fierce advocate for her client’s cause when mediation fails and litigation ensues.
A knowledgeable and respected litigator, Meg formerly served on the Maryland State Bar Association Board of Governors and Executive Committee. She is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation, the Maryland Bar Foundation and of the Litigation Counsel of America. She has been selected for inclusion in Super Lawyers from 2016 to present. She has been selected to Best Lawyers for Commercial Litigation since 2022. Meg holds the AV® PreeminentTM Peer Review RatingSM by Martindale-Hubbell®  for her legal abilities and dedication to professional ethics. Meg has served for a number of years as a faculty member for the National Institute for Trial Advocacy’s Young Lawyers Trial Advocacy Course at Georgetown University. She was appointed to serve on the Laws Committee of the Maryland State Bar Association in 2009, where she served as Co-Chair. She also served on the Judicial Selections Committee of the Women’s Bar Association from 2008 through 2014. Meg previously served on the Executive Committee of the Baltimore Carroll Chapter of the Women’s Bar Association from 2013.
Education
- University of Baltimore, J.D., 1984
- University of Pennsylvania, B.A., 1981
Bar Admissions
- Maryland, 1985
- U.S. District Court, District of Maryland, 1987
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, 1988
- U.S. Supreme Court, 2000
Professional Involvement
- Maryland State Bar Association
- Board of Governors, Eighth District, Baltimore County, 2018-2020;Executive Committee 2019-2020
- Committee on Laws, Co-Chair, 2018-2023, Vice Chair, 2016-2017, Member, 2009-Present
- Litigation Section, Member
- Baltimore County Bar Association
- Professionalism Committee, Chair, 2014-2015, Vice-Chair, 2013-2014
- Appointments Committee, 2014
- Women’s Bar Association
- Judicial Selections Committee, 2008-2013
- Baltimore Carroll Chapter: Board Member, 2013-2022; Secretary, 2017-2018; Treasurer, 2018-2019, Vice President 2019-2021
- American Bar Association
Awards
- Super Lawyers 2016-2025
- Best Lawyers, Commercial Litigation, 2022 to present
- AV Rating, Martindale Hubbell
- Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America
- Fellow, American Bar Foundation
- Fellow, Maryland Bar Foundation
- Faculty Member, Young Lawyers’ Trial Advocacy Course, National Institute for Trial Advocacy, Washington D.C., 1998–2005, 2010, 2015
- National Champion, American Bar Association Client Counseling Competition, 1983
Representative Matters
- Comptroller of the Treasury v. Richard Reeves Taylor, Personal Representative, 238 Md. App. 139 (2018) (improper estate tax assessment)
- Bank of Commerce v. Maryland Financial Bank, 2015 WL 925963 (D. Md. 2015) (summary judgment granted on issue of interpretation of loan participation agreement), aff’d 639 Fed. Appx. 929 (4th Cir. 2016)
- Deigert v. Baker, 2010 WL 3860639 (D. Md. 2010) (recovery of sanctions in the amount of $66,933.81 for filing of false statements as to residency to gain Court’s jurisdiction)
- Tackney v. U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Ass’n, Inc., 408 Md. 700 (2009) (allegations of corporate manipulation of bylaws)
- Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v. Diamond Point Plaza Limited Partnership, 185 Md. App. 489 (2009)(recovery of attorneys’ fees; collateral estoppel)
- Diamond Point Plaza Limited Partnership v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., 400 Md. 718, 929 A.2d 932 (2007) (fraud under commercial loan non-recourse carve out exceptions; fraudulent transfer; radius restriction under commercial lease; attorneys’ fees
- Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v. Diamond Point Plaza, L.P., 171 Md. App. 70, 908 A.2d 684 (2006) (fraud; material misrepresentation; fraudulent transfer; breach of lease)
- State Dept. of Assessments & Taxation v. Consolidation Coal Sales Co., 382 Md. 439, 855 A.2d 1197 (2004) (exemption of coal processor from taxation)
- Pitts v. First Union Nat’l Bank, 262 F.Supp.2d 593 (D.Md. 2003) (liability for negligent administration of trust)
- Pitts v. First Union Nat’l Bank, 217 F.Supp.2d 629 (D.Md. 2002) (residency of national bank for purposes of federal jurisdiction)
- Becker v. Department of Army, 981 F. Supp. 985 (D. Md. 1997) (questions of federal supplemental jurisdiction)
- Harper v. Law Office, 867 F.2d 608, 1989 WL 5515 (4th Cir. 1989) (unpublished disposition) (legal malpractice)
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