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Meaghan practices in fiduciary, trusts and estates litigation, as well as commercial litigation.  She represents trustees, executors, beneficiaries and other fiduciaries in all manner of Surrogate’s Court proceedings, including accounting disputes, probate contests, discovery proceedings, will and trust construction proceedings, and other complex disputes involving deceased persons. She has substantial experience drafting petitions and civil pleadings, performing complex research, defending objections and dispositive motions, and handling large-scale discovery productions. She is adept in both civil practice and Surrogate’s Court procedure. Meaghan was a Summer Associate at Harris Beach Murtha in 2016, and served as a law clerk in the Albany office during her final year of law school before joining the firm as an attorney.

Meaghan also advises organizations of all structures on developments within the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act (MRTA), including cultivators and processors, retailers and distributors.

During law school, Meaghan served as Judicial Intern for the Hon. Kimberly A. O’Connor, Acting Justice for the Supreme Court of Albany County, where she drafted opinions on behalf of the court.

The Albany Business Review named Meaghan a 40 under 40 honoree in 2025 and she’s been on the Super Lawyers: Rising Stars, Business Litigation list since 2020.

Admissions
New YorkU.S. Bankruptcy Court, New York - Western DistrictU.S. Court of Appeals, Second CircuitU.S. District Court, New York - Eastern DistrictU.S. District Court, New York - Northern DistrictU.S. District Court, New York - Southern DistrictU.S. District Court, New York - Western District
Education

Albany Law School

JD 
2017
summa cum laude

Providence College

BA 
2014
summa cum laude

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Legal Practices

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Business Litigation
Diversity Compliance
Trusts and Estates

Industry Teams

Member of:

Cannabis
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Meaghan T. Feenan (Lambert)

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Meaghan Feenan

Meaghan T. Feenan (Lambert)

mfeenan@harrisbeachmurtha.com
D: (518) 701-2742
Albany, NY Office

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Meaghan practices in fiduciary, trusts and estates litigation, as well as commercial litigation.  She represents trustees, executors, beneficiaries and other fiduciaries in all manner of Surrogate's Court proceedings, including accounting disputes, probate contests, discovery proceedings, will and trust construction proceedings, and other complex disputes involving deceased persons. She has substantial experience drafting petitions and civil pleadings, performing complex research, defending objections and dispositive motions, and handling large-scale discovery productions. She is adept in both civil practice and Surrogate's Court procedure. Meaghan was a Summer Associate at Harris Beach Murtha in 2016, and served as a law clerk in the Albany office during her final year of law school before joining the firm as an attorney.

Meaghan also advises organizations of all structures on developments within the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act (MRTA), including cultivators and processors, retailers and distributors.

During law school, Meaghan served as Judicial Intern for the Hon. Kimberly A. O’Connor, Acting Justice for the Supreme Court of Albany County, where she drafted opinions on behalf of the court.

The Albany Business Review named Meaghan a 40 under 40 honoree in 2025 and she's been on the Super Lawyers: Rising Stars, Business Litigation list since 2020.

Areas of Expertise

Legal Practices

Member of:

Business Litigation
Diversity Compliance
Trusts and Estates

Industry Teams

Member of:

Cannabis

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Admissions

New YorkU.S. Bankruptcy Court, New York - Western DistrictU.S. Court of Appeals, Second CircuitU.S. District Court, New York - Eastern DistrictU.S. District Court, New York - Northern DistrictU.S. District Court, New York - Southern DistrictU.S. District Court, New York - Western District

Representative Matters

  • Successfully secured summary judgment for four children in a $10 million estate case by demonstrating that the deceased’s second wife waived her right to the decedent’s interest in a stone quarry, including any proceeds or assets derived from sale of that ownership interest, when she signed a1992 prenuptial agreement. The argument centered on the requirements of EPTL § 5-1.1-A for a valid waiver.
  • Successfully represented a testamentary trustee for minor beneficiaries in response to a petition to remove the trustee for alleged malfeasance, filed in the context of continuing litigation between the petitioning administrator and the decedent’s family members. The Surrogate’s Court denied the petition in full and with prejudice, granting our request for attorney fees in light of the frivolous nature of the petition and ongoing harassment of the trustee, and the substantive decision was affirmed by the Appellate Division.
  • Successfully tried a petition for reverse discovery over the course of 26 days in Surrogate’s Court, recovering substantial funds for a family-held corporation.
  • Represented co-trustees in simultaneous breach of fiduciary litigation and eviction proceedings against tenant wrongfully utilizing trust property, successfully removing beneficiary wrongfully inhabitating trust property.
  • Negotiated global settlement of probate contest, bypass trust and wrongful death claims on behalf of objecting beneficiaries in the face of an in terrorem clause.
  • Petitioned the NY Supreme Court for disinterment and reburial of a deceased to a U.S. veteran cemetery.
  • Defended attorney draftsperson and fiduciary from claims of undue influence on testator in probate contest.
  • Secured favorable outcome on petition for advice and direction seeking interpretation of testamentary trust language, allowing trustee to plan for business succession of a closely held corporate business.
  • Secured court approval of trust decanting of a multi-million trust holding mixed use commercial and residential real property in Manhattan, NY.
  • Successfully settled complex, multi-faceted trust accountings involving multi-million dollar properties in Manhattan, NY and claims of fiduciary malfeasance.
  • Served as guardian ad litem to minor trust beneficiaries in probate and trust contest of estate valued at over $5 million.
  • Represented designated beneficiaries in securing seven-figure payout from national banking organization that was wrongfully paid to an improper beneficiary.
  • Successfully obtained summary judgment dismissing claims of breach of fiduciary duty and breach of trust against a testamentary trustee administering multi-million dollar trust, and orchestrated complex settlement terminating the trust.
  • Negotiated and secured court approval of a multi-party settlement of complex, multi-million estate on behalf of charitable beneficiary allowing beneficiary to collect millions of dollars in estate assets.
  • Successfully defended corporate stakeholder on motion for summary judgment in reverse discovery proceeding seeking the return of several million dollars of corporate funds to the estate.
  • Prepared and submitted application for client awarded one of only thirty-six initial adult-use retail dispensary licenses statewide.
  • Testified as an expert witness on New York State’s adult-use cannabis regulatory structure in California venued arbitration involving a national cannabis retailer.
  • Counsel clients seeking licensure as a cannabis cultivator, retailer, distributor and/or on-site consumption site under the NY Marijuana Regulation & Taxation Act.
  • Appealed and secured NY-WBE certification for local corporation following a denial.
  • Successfully defeated motion seeking dismissal of objections to probate of $22 million estate on the basis of undue influence.
  • Represented residuary beneficiaries objecting to probate on the basis of the nominated executor’s actual conflict of interest.
  • Advise corporate client and trustee on how best to administer and maintain multi-million dollar trust.
  • Organized large-scale document production on behalf of corporate client appearing in multi-million dollar accounting proceeding in Surrogate’s Court.
  • Successfully obtained dismissal of complaint seeking specific performance of a commercial lease and damages for breach of contract.
  • Defended Co-Trustees / Co-Executors from compulsory accounting of multi-million dollar QTIP trust, resulting in dismissal of significant claims of breach of fiduciary duty.
  • Second-chaired complex three day arbitration between a Singapore-based manufacturer and New York fashion designer.
  • Part of a team that represented disenfranchised member of a powerful commercial real estate partnership before the New York Court of Appeals.
  • Counsel for local organization in application for national certification as a Women Owned Business Enterprise (WBE).
  • Successfully obtained a temporary restraining order enjoining the Office of the Medicaid Inspector General from withholding client’s Medicaid reimbursement funds.

Distinctions

Professional and Civic

  • NYSBA Surrogate’s Court Pro Bono Initiative, Volunteer
  • Associate Board of Advisors for the American Cancer Society, Team Leader, Sponsorship Committee Co-Chair
  • Albany County Bar Association, member
  • Capital District Women’s Bar Association, member
  • New York State Bar Association, Trusts & Estates Section, member; Membership sub-committee, chair
  • New York State Bar Association, 2025 Trusts & Estates Fall Meeting, co-chair

Recognition

  • Super Lawyers: Rising Stars, Business Litigation, since 2020
  • Albany Business Review, 40 under 40, 2025 honoree
  • New York State Bar Association, Trust & Estates Law Section, 2022 Rising Star Fellowship
  • Honorable Judith S. Kaye Commercial and Federal Litigation Scholarship, New York State Bar Association
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