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Adam M. Lynn

Adam M. Lynn’s practice focuses on serving the needs of financial institutions, businesses, and individuals with sophisticated needs in real estate, corporate, finance and transactional matters. He successfully represents numerous local, regional, and national financial institutions in all aspects of commercial financing transactions, collection matters, troubled debt restructuring, and workouts. Additionally, Adam assists his clients with the origination of commercial real estate and asset-based loans throughout the United States.

Adam’s real estate practice is exceptionally diverse. He handles a range of real estate development matters, including financing, acquisition and the preparation and negotiation of declarations, contracts, loan documents, easements, and other real estate development documents. Adam also represents clients in residential and commercial landlord-tenant disputes and assists clients with lease drafting. Additionally, Adam has been a licensed title insurance producer since 2015 and has assisted hundreds of individuals and companies close residential and commercial real estate transactions.

An attorney with extensive business law experience, Adam represents clients in areas such as commercial litigation, commercial law, business entity formation, general business matters, mergers and acquisitions, transactions, and navigating creditors through bankruptcy and insolvency proceedings.

Adam’s business law experience and sensitivity to the needs of his clients make him uniquely qualified to provide legal services to entrepreneurs, business owners, and high-net-worth individuals.  

Prior to joining McAllister, DeTar, Showalter & Walker (MDSW) at the firm’s inception, Adam practiced with Miles & Stockbridge P.C. for three years after beginning his career at a mid-sized real estate firm in Bethesda, Maryland. A Richmond, Virginia native, Adam is proud to call the Eastern Shore home. Adam resides in Easton with his wife and their two children. Adam is immersed in community matters. He previously served on the Board of Directors for Talbot Mentors, an organization dedicated to mentoring Talbot County’s youth. He serves on the Board of Directors for The Risk Management Association – Chesapeake Chapter, a statewide not-for-profit group that advances sound risk principles for the financial services industry.

Bar Admissions

  • Maryland, 2009

Court Admissions

  • Court of Appeals of Maryland
  • United States District Court for the District of Columbia
  • United States District Court for the District of Maryland

Publications

  • “Lands Council v. McNair: Enjoining the Forest Service from Implementing Scientifically Unsound Environmental Practices,” University of Baltimore Journal of Environmental Law (January 1, 2008).

Recognitions

  • Maryland Super Lawyers – Rising Stars Edition Real Estate, Banking, Business & Corporate & Creditor- Debtor Rights: Business, 2022
  • What’s Up? Eastern Shore Leading Lawyer: Business Law, 2022-2023
  • What’s Up? Eastern Shore Leading Lawyer: Real Estate Law, 2022-2023
  • What’s Up? Media: Up & Coming Lawyers 2021

Education

  • University of Baltimore School of Law, J.D., 2009

    • University of Baltimore Journal of Environmental Law, Staff Editor
  • University of Alabama, B.A. in History, 2005