Maura C. McGuire is a partner at Adams Leclair LLP, where her practice is focused on high-stakes commercial litigation and complex real estate disputes. She represents a broad range of clients—including property owners, developers, managers, and business entities—in matters involving contract disputes, business torts, and property-related litigation.

Maura has particular experience litigating issues central to real property ownership and use, including quiet title actions, boundary and easement disputes, adverse possession claims, and matters involving land use, zoning, and regulatory compliance. She regularly advises clients on New York real property law and represents them in proceedings before state and local agencies, as well as in state and federal courts.

Before joining Adams Leclair, Maura was a partner at Morgenstern DeVoesick PLLC and practiced at Harter Secrest & Emery LLP. She earned her J.D. from George Mason University School of Law, following undergraduate studies at Binghamton University.

Maura has been recognized for her legal skill and commitment to client advocacy. She was named to Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America™ in 2022, 2023, and 2024 for Commercial Litigation, and has been selected to the Super Lawyers Upstate New York Rising Stars list every year since 2017.

A lifelong Upstate New Yorker, Maura grew up in Spencerport and now resides in Brighton with her partner, Justin, and their two sheepadoodles.

PRIOR EXPERIENCE

• Partner at Morgenstern DeVoesick PLLC
• Associate at Harter Secrest & Emery LLP 

RESULTS/REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE

• Obtained favorable settlement for LLC against a member who utilized company resources to create a competing business. 
• Obtained dismissal of claims at the outset of litigation in case involving restrictive covenants and non-compete provisions.
• Negotiated favorable settlement to resolve dispute over good faith deposit paid by buyer to seller. 
• Obtained dismissal of lenders claim against borrower for “break-up fee”
• Negotiated favorable settlement of buyer’s claim for specific performance against seller who attempted to disclaim purchase and sale agreement in favor of later offer. 
• Successfully resolved Corrective Action Plan with NYS Homes and Community Renewal
• Regularly represent manufactured housing community owners in actions seeking to declare manufactured homes as abandoned.

ACTIVITIES AND AFFILIATIONS

• Trustee and Member, Monroe County Bar Association
• Member, New York Housing Association, Inc.

RECOGNITION AND AWARDS

• Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America®, (Commercial Litigation), 2022-2025
• Super Lawyers Upstate New York Rising Stars®, 2017-2024
• New York State Bar Association Empire State Counsel 2015 Pro Bono Honoree