Myers & Shah brings together experienced counsel with backgrounds spanning federal government, Big Four advisory, and major law firms — focused on real estate, land use, and complementary tax and estate matters across DC and Virginia.
Mel Myers is a founding partner of Myers & Shah, where he focuses on real estate and land use matters — particularly the structuring of development incentives and tax abatements, land use litigation, and the tax and transactional aspects of commercial real estate. He also continues to advise individuals, families, and closely held businesses on tax planning and estate matters. An accomplished public speaker, Mel has presented at the American Bar Association and state bar events on tax and litigation topics.
LL.M. in Taxation, Georgetown University Law Center
J.D., cum laude, American University Washington College of Law
District of Columbia
New York
New Jersey
Texas
Virginia (pending)
Ghezal Shah Myers is a founding partner of Myers & Shah, where she leads the firm's zoning, entitlements, and land use litigation practice. She represents developers, property owners, and businesses before zoning boards, planning commissions, and trial courts across the District of Columbia and Virginia. Admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, the Supreme Court of Virginia, and the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, Ghezal also maintains a complementary trusts and estates practice.
LL.M. in Government, American University (Dean's Fellow, International Human Rights Clinic)
J.D., George Washington University Law School, 2006
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court of Virginia
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
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