Lawyers / Professionals

 
M. Melissa Glassman       
Partner
1750 Tysons Boulevard
Suite 1800
McLean, Virginia 22102-4215
T: 703.712.5351
F: 703.712.5228
mglassman@mcguirewoods.com
 

Ms. Glassman is chair of the firm's Complex Commercial Litigation department. She focuses her practice on litigating complex commercial cases including shareholder matters, lender/borrower relationships, energy, construction, commercial leasing, real estate, land use, zoning and all manner of business disputes. She has also litigated eminent domain cases in Virginia and Maryland on behalf of water, sewer, natural gas and electrical utility companies. Over the past 22 years, she has litigated in state and federal courts throughout the United States. She also has extensive experience in handling the arbitration of all types of commercial disputes.

In addition to litigation, she drafts and negotiates contracts related to commercial development, design and construction, including architectural, project management and general contractor agreements. Recently she has drafted the construction agreements for the recent renovations of Mount Vernon (home of George and Martha Washington) and Montpelier (home of James and Dolley Madison).


Practices & Industries
Firm Management
  • Chair, Complex Commercial Litigation Department
  • Past Managing Partner, Tysons Corner Office
  • Past Member, Board of Partners
  • Past Chair, Nominating Committee for Board of Partners
  • Past Member, Associate Committee
  • Past Chair, Women's Business Development Committee
  • Past Member, Recruiting Committee

Honors
  • Named "Top Washington Real Estate Litigation Lawyer," Washington Business Journal, 2008
  • Named One of Virginia's "Legal Elite," Virginia Business, 2007, 2008, 2009
  • Named a Virginia "Super Lawyer," Law & Politics, 2007, 2008, 2009
  • Named a Washington, D.C. "Super Lawyer," Law & Politics, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
  • Named a Faculty Member for Virginia State Bar Harry L. Carrico Professionalism Course
  • Named a Finalist in "Top Washington Lawyers," Washington Business Journal, 2007

Professional Affiliations
  • Fairfax County Superintendent of School Business and Industry Advisory Council
  • Board Member, Fairfax Bar Foundation, 1996
  • Girl Scouts of the National Capital Area
    • Board of Directors
    • Women's Advisory Board
  • Virginia Bar Association
    • Past Chair, Construction and Public Contracts Section
    • Past Board Member, Commercial Litigation Section
 

EDUCATION

George Mason University School of Law, Arlington, Virginia, J.D., magna cum laude, 1987

  • Law Review: Notes Editor, George Mason University Law Review, 1986-1987

University of Texas, Austin, Texas, B.S., summa cum laude, 1976

 
 

ADMITTED

Virginia 1987

District of Columbia 1988

Maryland 1995

 

PLACE OF BIRTH

Fort Rucker, Alabama