Meghan S. Largent

As a leader of Lewis Rice’s Federal Takings & Rails to Trails Practice Group, Meghan has represented thousands of landowners nationwide in pursuing payment from the federal government for the taking of their property as a result of the National Trails System Act. That Act allows a railroad to sell or donate its abandoned rail line to be repurposed as a public park, rather than allowing the century-old rail easement to extinguish and the land underneath to return to the property owner.  

Meghan has devoted much of her career to advancing this area of law and has been directly involved in many of the precedent-setting cases in this field. Additionally, Meghan has been called upon to author and co-author amicus briefs to the Supreme Court of the United States and United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in cases involving federal takings of property. She currently serves on the United States Court of Federal Claims’ Advisory Council for Tribal & Takings Claims; as well as serving on the United States Court of Federal Claims Board of Governors.

In addition to her takings work, Meghan handles direct condemnation matters involving local governmental agencies with condemnation authority, property valuation matters before the United States Tax Court, and commercial disputes.