Megan M. Turnbull

445 Fort Pitt Boulevard, Suite 503
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
412-391-9890 – Phone
412-391-9685 – Fax

mturnbull@wbklegal.com

Megan M. Turnbull is a Partner at Weiss Burkardt Kramer LLC, where she works with municipalities, school districts, and nonprofits in the role of Solicitor, Labor Counsel, and Special Counsel.  Additionally, she manages and oversees the firm’s Tax Assessment and Tax Collection practice groups.

Megan represents public schools in all aspects of governance, operation, and finance.  She specializes in managing the labor and employment matters of these clients, and she serves as special counsel for investigative and reporting purposes.  Megan assists clients to improve organizational communication competencies, conflict resolution, and goal setting.

Megan is an experienced municipal solicitor, who presently serves as legal counsel to several boroughs, civil service and planning commissions.  She has a particular focus on blight and redevelopment where she seeks creative, sustainable solutions to improve communities.  She has served as Special Blight Counsel to Allegheny County communities and has offered trainings through the Congress of Neighboring Communities (CONNECT) and other organizations.

In May 2022, Megan was elected as the Chairwoman of the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s Municipal Law Section, which connects municipal solicitors across the Commonwealth.  Beginning in January 2023, she will begin a two-year term as the (W-2) Sectional Director for the Pennsylvania School Board Solicitors Association (PSBSA).  Megan is an active member of the Allegheny County Bar Association, where she has served as the Chair of the School and Municipal Section and the Political Action Committee.  She is a Fellow to the Allegheny Bar Foundation, which provides legal support to indigent and underrepresented persons in our community.

Megan is admitted to practice in the Courts of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, and the United States Supreme Court.  She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Penn State University, and her Juris Doctor from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 2004.

In addition to her legal practice, she is a member of the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy Board of Directors and loves to sing in community choirs.  She resides in Franklin Park with her husband, Amitava, and their three children.