McAllister, DeTar, Showalter & Walker LLC

What McAllister, DeTar, Showalter & Walker LLC does

McAllister, DeTar, Showalter & Walker LLC (MDSW) is a Maryland-based law firm founded in December 2015 by five partners who departed Miles & Stockbridge P.C., with Adam M. Lynn joining as Managing Partner in 2016. The firm operates from four Maryland offices — Easton (headquarters), Annapolis, Cambridge, and Ocean City — serving clients ranging from Fortune 500 companies, institutional lenders, hospital systems, and private equity firms to closely held businesses, municipalities, and individuals. It markets itself as combining sophisticated nationwide legal experience with deep regional roots in the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan area and the Eastern Shore.

The firm delivers comprehensive legal services across 19 practice areas, including corporate/business law, real estate transactions, banking & finance, civil litigation and ADR, estate and trust planning and administration, elder law, family law, zoning and land use, condominium/HOA, healthcare law, employment law, construction law, administrative law, agricultural law, environmental law, creditors' rights and bankruptcy, and real estate/construction litigation. A wholly-owned in-house title company, Tidemark Title Company, provides title insurance and real estate settlement services, creating vertical integration within the firm's real estate practice.

MDSW operates under a traditional professional services revenue model with quote-based pricing comprising hourly billing, fixed fees for specific matters, and contingency arrangements depending on practice area. Go-to-market is sales-led through reputation, professional referrals, bar association recognition, and earned media (Best Lawyers, Super Lawyers, Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent, Chambers and Partners). The firm is privately held with no disclosed external investment, and revenue is not publicly reported. No technology platform, AI capability, or app product is disclosed; the offering is human legal expertise delivered across multiple locations.

Name

McAllister, DeTar, Showalter & Walker LLC

Legal name

McAllister, DeTar, Showalter & Walker LLC

Website

https://mdswlaw.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Maryland-based law firm offering comprehensive legal representation across 19 practice areas from four offices, serving Fortune 500 companies, financial institutions, healthcare systems, private equity firms, municipalities, closely held businesses, and individuals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (54111), Offices of Lawyers (541110), Offices of Real Estate Agents and Brokers (53121)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Corporate & Commercial Law (BPAHAAAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Real Estate & Construction Law (BPAHAAAE), Family & Private Client (Trusts & Estates) Law (BPAHAAAK), Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) & Securities Law (BPAHAAAI)

Keywords

• Legal services
• Business law
• Real estate law
• Estate planning
• Litigation services

Headquarters

HQ city

Easton

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Legal Services - Professional Services Billing: Traditional law firm revenue through professional legal services including hourly billing, fixed fees for specific matters, and contingency arrangements depending on practice area. Services span business/corporate law, real estate transactions, litigation, estate planning, banking/finance, and other practice areas.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

McAllister, DeTar, Showalter & Walker LLC (MDSW) is a Maryland-based law firm delivering comprehensive legal representation across approximately 19 practice areas, including corporate/business law, real estate transactions, banking & finance, civil litigation, estate planning and administration, family law, healthcare law, employment law, zoning and land use, construction law, environmental law, and agricultural law. The firm also operates an in-house title company (Tidemark Title Company) that provides title insurance and real estate settlement services integrated with the legal practice.

Product overview

McAllister, DeTar, Showalter & Walker LLC is a Maryland-based law firm offering comprehensive legal services through a multi-practice area structure. The firm provides legal representation across corporate/business law, real estate transactions, banking & finance, civil litigation, estate planning and administration, family law, employment law, healthcare law, environmental law, construction law, agricultural law, zoning & land use, and creditors' rights/bankruptcy. The firm operates its own in-house title company called Tidemark Title Company for title insurance and real estate settlements. The portfolio consists of core legal service offerings across 19 distinct practice areas, with the title company service operating as an integrated sub-product under the same umbrella as the legal practice.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Corporate & Business Law
• Real Estate Transactions
• Banking & Finance
• Civil Litigation & ADR
• Estate & Trust Planning
• Estate & Trust Administration
• Estate & Fiduciary Litigation
• Elder Law
• Family Law
• Zoning & Land Use
• Condominiums and HOA
• Healthcare Law
• Employment Law

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• Funk & Bolton PA: Maryland-based firm with comparable real estate, banking, corporate, and estate planning practices serving similar regional institutional and closely held business clients in the Baltimore-Washington corridor.

Direct peers

• Saul Ewing LLP: Mid-Atlantic law firm with comparable full-service practice offering across corporate, real estate, banking, employment, and litigation for enterprise and mid-market clients in Maryland and surrounding states.
• Miles & Stockbridge P.C. The Maryland-based AmLaw firm from which all four MDSW co-founders departed in 2015. Comparable in practice breadth (corporate, real estate, litigation, banking) and in its Mid-Atlantic enterprise client base, making it the closest structural analogue.
• Brown, Goldstein & Levy: Maryheadquartered mid-size firm with strong litigation, real estate, and appellate practices serving institutional and government clients in Maryland and Mid-Atlantic region.
• Gallagher Evelius & Jones LLP: Baltimore-based full-service firm with strong real estate, banking, business, and litigation practices serving sophisticated institutional and entrepreneurial clients in Maryland.
• Gordon Feinblatt LLC: Baltimore-based law firm with similar practice breadth in corporate, real estate, banking and finance, litigation, and estate planning, serving closely held and institutional clients in Maryland.
• Venable LLP: Major Maryland-headquartered law firm with overlapping practice areas in corporate, real estate, banking and finance, litigation, and government matters, serving Fortune 500 and institutional clients in the Mid-Atlantic.
• Whiteford, Taylor & Preston LLP: Mid-Atlantic regional law firm headquartered in Baltimore with comparable practice mix including corporate, real estate, banking, litigation, and family law, and similar mid-market enterprise and government client base across Maryland.

Broad incumbents

• Hogan Lovells: Global law firm with Baltimore presence serving Fortune 500 and institutional clients across corporate, banking/finance, healthcare, and litigation, representing the kind of larger-scale competitor MDSW encounters on enterprise matters.
• DLA Piper: Global law firm with a major Baltimore office that competes for the same Fortune 500, institutional lender, and PE firm work that MDSW handles, with overlapping practice areas in corporate, real estate, and litigation.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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