
Overview
Timothy Dugan represents national and local developer and institutional clients in the Northern Virginia and Maryland suburbs, including Fairfax County, Arlington County, Montgomery County, and Prince George’s County. His representation involves master plans, zoning, subdivision and related land use regulations and processes. Tim also regularly negotiates agreements involving real estate developments such as purchase and sale agreements, proffers, and easements.
Tim is a member of the Northern Virginia Building Industry Association, the Maryland Building Industry Association, and the National Association of Industrial and Office Parks.
Tim chairs the Fairland and Briggs Chaney Master Plan Implementation Advisory Committee.
As a member of the Maryland State Bar Association, Tim is a faculty member of the Land Use Institute that regularly presents a panel concerning recent Supreme Court takings cases. As a member of the Real Property Section, he is a faculty member of the continuing legal education series known as “Basics of Real Estate.”
Tim is licensed in Virginia, Maryland, and the District of Columbia.
Beyond the Suit
Outside of the office, Tim enjoys working out, reading, traveling, playing tennis, and spending time with his family.
Education
Georgetown University, M.A., Masters in Government
William and Mary School of Law, J.D.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, B.S., Business Administration & Accounting
Experience
- Represented owners and developers in obtaining necessary entitlements for all types of real estate projects including: senior housing, shopping centers, multi‑family residential, office, industrial and country clubs.
- Represented senior housing developers in successfully navigating the entitlements processes and interacting with the community.
- Represented developers involving mixed use projects that developed over twenty years, including rezoning a land area to the highest density in the master plan and recovering a transit station to the site.
Bar and Court Admissions
Virginia, 1983
Maryland, 1984
District of Columbia, 1984
Maryland Supreme Court
U.S. Supreme Court
Education
Georgetown University, M.A., Masters in Government
William and Mary School of Law, J.D.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, B.S., Business Administration & Accounting
Awards and Honors
Best Lawyers in America, Land Use and Zoning Law, 2020-2025
Arlington Magazine, Top Attorney – Land Use/Zoning, 2021
Bethesda Magazine, Top Attorney – Land Use/Zoning, 2019
Affiliations
Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission
- Fairland and Briggs Chaney Master Plan Implementation Advisory Committee
ULI Washington, D.C.
Maryland State Bar Association
- Land Use Institute
- Real Property Section
Arlington County Bar Association
Montgomery County Bar Association
Friendly Sons of St. Patrick
Alumni Associations
- William and Mary School of Law
- Georgetown University
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Georgetown Preparatory School
Northern Virginia Building Industry Association
National Association of Industrial and Office Parks
Maryland Building Industry Association
Events
- U.S. Supreme Court Takings Cases and Changing Administrative Agency Deference
Columbia, MD, Wednesday, September 17, 2025 - Basics of Real Estate Transaction Series – Zoning and Land Use
Online, Wednesday, September 3, 2025 - Land Use Institute 2023
Columbia, MD, Wednesday, September 27, 2023 - Basics of Real Estate Transactions Series – Zoning and Land Use
Online, Tuesday, May 2, 2023 - Land Use Institute 2021
online, Tuesday, October 5, 2021 - ULI Washington, D.C. Young Leaders Presentation “Northern Virginia Land Use”
Monday, May 25, 2020 - Comparative Zoning and Land Use Laws in Northern Virginia and Suburban Maryland
University of Maryland, Monday, May 25, 2020 - 2019 Advanced Real Property Institute
Columbia, MD, Thursday, November 7, 2019 - Maryland State Bar Association Land Use Institute: “Recent Federal and State Land Use Court Decisions”
Saturday, May 25, 2019
News
- Eighteen Attorneys from Bean, Kinney & Korman Listed in 2025 Best Lawyers in America and Five Attorneys Listed in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch
Thursday August 15, 2024 - Eighteen Attorneys from Bean, Kinney & Korman Listed in 2024 Best Lawyers in America and Six Attorneys Listed in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch
Thursday August 17, 2023 - Sixteen Attorneys from Bean, Kinney & Korman Listed in 2023 Best Lawyers in America and Six Attorneys Listed in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch
Thursday August 18, 2022 - Twenty-eight Attorneys from Bean, Kinney & Korman Recognized as Top Attorneys for 2021 by Arlington Magazine
Thursday October 21, 2021 - Fifteen Attorneys from Bean, Kinney & Korman Listed in 2022 Best Lawyers in America and Five Attorneys Listed in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch
Thursday August 19, 2021 - Thirteen Attorneys from Bean, Kinney & Korman Listed in 2021 Best Lawyers in America and Three Attorneys Listed in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch
Thursday August 20, 2020 - Timothy Dugan Elected 2020‑2021 Chair of the Real Property Section Council of the Maryland State Bar Association
Thursday May 21, 2020 - Timothy Dugan Recognized as Top Attorney by Bethesda Magazine
Tuesday December 10, 2019 - Timothy Dugan Joins Bean, Kinney & Korman as a Shareholder
Wednesday October 16, 2019
Blogs
- Plan Langston Boulevard – A Lesson in Smart Planning: Encouraging Investment and Development in Arlington
Real Estate, Land Use & Construction Law, Thursday June 16, 2022
Publications
- A Possible Avenue to Reach Judicial Review of a “Garden Variety” Administrative Decision Through Alleging Common Law Taxpayer Standing
Maryland Bar Journal, November 10, 2018