Easton Downtown

Welcome to Easton Downtown

We are dedicated to creating and maintaining a vibrant downtown community through our 'Design and Community Connect' projects and 'Resource Development' initiatives. Follow us to stay up to date on all things downtown and learn how to get involved!

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Experience + Stay

Join us downtown! You will find a wonderful business community with unique shops, fine art, hospitality, and the best dining on the Eastern Shore of Maryland!

Plan Your Visit

Events + News

Read about the latest news, updates, and projects happening downtown. Make plans to come enjoy an opening art exhibit, live music, festival, and more during your next visit. There’s always something fun for everyone!

Events Calendar

Easton festival

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Work + Live

Businesses don’t stand alone in Easton. Entrepreneurs, developers, and business owners form a central part of our community. Whether you are here to start something new, grow a business, or expand your marketability, we welcome you to consider Easton Downtown.

Business Support

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Downtown Easton Card

Send a digital gift with the Downtown Easton Card. The program includes many of your favorite retailers, restaurants, services, and entertainment in one place. Use the gift card at any and all participating locations in downtown Easton — there is truly something for everyone!

Downtown-Easton-Card

Douglas (Doug) S. Walker represents numerous local, regional and national financial institutions, as well as investment funds, in all aspects of commercial financing transactions, restructurings and collection matters. His practice includes representation of financial institutions throughout the State of Maryland, in connection with loan closings, loan sales or acquisitions, participation agreements, workouts, reorganizations, troubled debt restructures, foreclosures and bankruptcy.

Doug also regularly counsels businesses and developers in a variety of corporate and commercial real estate matters and serves as general corporate counsel for many regional and closely held businesses. His business practice includes representation businesses of all sizes in various industries, as well as equity investors, in a wide variety or corporate and business matters, including, but not limited to, mergers and acquisitions, sales, reorganizations, spin-offs, joint ventures, drafting and negotiating employment agreements and buy-sell agreements as well as general day-to-day business and succession planning.

His real estate practice includes representing owners, developers, borrowers, private equity funds and lenders in all aspects of commercial and residential real estate transactions, including real estate development, leasing, financing, construction contracts, acquisition and the preparation and negotiation of declarations, easements and other real estate development documents.

Prior to founding McAllister, DeTar, Showalter & Walker (MDSW), Doug practiced with Miles & Stockbridge P.C. for nine years, four of which as a partner, and prior to that spent five years practicing at Royston, Mueller, McLean and Reid, LLP in Towson, Maryland. Doug lives with his wife and three daughters in Easton, Maryland and enjoys spending time with his family throughout the Eastern Shore exercising, playing or coaching sports and fishing.

Bar Admissions

Pennsylvania, 2003 (inactive)
Maryland, 2002

Court Admissions

Court of Appeals of Maryland
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (inactive)
United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Maryland
United States Federal District Court for the District of Maryland

Professional Involvement

National Association of Dealer Counsel 2019 – present
Partnerships and Limited Liability Companies Committee of the ABA Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section: Co-Vice Chair, 2010-2014 and Chair, 2014-2015
American Bar Association: Real Property Trust and Estate Law Section, 2010-present
Talbot County Bar Association, 2007-present
Maryland State Bar Association, 2003-present
Baltimore County Bar Association, 2002-2008

Recognitions

Maryland Super Lawyers – Super Lawyer – Selected for inclusion in the area of Banking, 2019
What’s Up Eastern Shore® - Eastern Shore Leading Lawyers – Selected for inclusion in the area of Business Law, May 2016
Maryland Super Lawyers® - Rising Stars Edition – Selected for inclusion in the area of Banking, 2013-2017