Gwendolyn M. Allen joined the firm in September 2008 to practice in the areas of commercial leasing and land use. 

Ms. Allen graduated, cum laude, from the University of Maryland School of Law in 2008.  She was awarded the Community Scholar Prize for her service through the law school clinical program advising a Baltimore-based community development corporation.  During her first year of law school, Ms. Allen was awarded a fellowship with the American Planning Association's Planning and Law Division. 

Prior to law school, Ms. Allen worked in community and economic development for Baltimore, Maryland and Wilmington, Delaware based non-profit organizations.