Mary Clare Schuller
Mary Clare Schuller focuses her practice on commercial real estate and corporate transactions. She represents businesses, financial institutions, developers, and property owners in acquisitions, dispositions, commercial leasing, secured lending, and other real estate matters, providing practical guidance throughout every stage of a transaction.
She has extensive experience overseeing complex real estate closings, including large public-sector projects involving land acquisitions and redevelopment. Mary Clare also advises clients on the purchase and sale of privately held businesses, counseling them on financing, due diligence, and other key transactional considerations.
In addition, Mary Clare represents clients in real estate-related disputes and provides strategic advice to help manage risk and resolve business challenges. She is active in legislative advocacy on real estate issues and helped support the adoption of remote notarization legislation in Maryland.
Related Practices
Experience
Representative Clients
- Represented financial institutions in secured lending transactions involving commercial and residential real estate
- Advised buyers and sellers in commercial and residential real estate acquisitions and dispositions
- Managed the closing of numerous large government real estate projects
- Oversaw the acquisition of a historic beachfront property in Annapolis for redevelopment as a public city park
- Handled the acquisition of property for construction of a district court building in Harford County
- Represented clients in commercial leasing transactions
- Counseled clients in the purchase and sale of privately held businesses
Insights
Credentials
Education
- J.D. cum laude University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law
- B.A. History University of Maryland, College Park
Bar Admissions
- Maryland
Court Admissions
- U.S. Tax Court
Clerk Experience
- Chief Judge Robert M. Bell Maryland Court of Appeals
Professional Memberships and Activities
- Member, Anne Arundel County Bar Association, 2013 – Present
- Member, Maryland Secretary of State Remote Notary Workgroup, 2018 – 2020
- Chair, Legislative Committee for the Maryland Land Title Association, 2019 – 2022
Recognition
- Super Lawyers, Rising Star, 2018 – 2024
Community
Volunteerism
- Active in legislative advocacy on behalf of the Maryland Land Title Association, including efforts supporting the adoption of remote notarization legislation in Maryland