Willard Parker began his law practice with the firm’s predecessor, Miller, Wheeler, Thompson & Thompson.  Willard Parker’s practice has concentrated in the areas of civil litigation, real estate, zoning, and land use, as well as corporations and business acquisitions.  His litigation practice has taken him to the Appellate Courts of Maryland on numerous occasions including two cases which reflect his creative approach to problem solving, namely; Worten Creek Marina, LLC v. Claggett, 381 Md. 499 (2004) and Millar v. Bowie, 115 Md. App. 682 (1997).

Born in Easton, Pennsylvania, Willard Parker graduated from Brown University in 1969 and the University of Maryland’s Carey School of Law.  He was admitted to the Pennsylvania and Maryland Bars.

A past President of the Talbot County Bar Association, Willard Parker served for more than twenty-five years as a panel attorney for the Maryland State Bar Association Committee on the Resolution of Fee Disputes and has also acted as a volunteer lawyer for the Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service, as well as Mid-Shore Pro-Bono.

Burry was a member of the Board of Trustees of the Living Classroom’s Foundation in Baltimore, Maryland and a long-time treasurer for Talbot County Ducks Unlimited and continues as an active, volunteer lawyer for several local charities, including the Talbot County Historical Society and the St. Michaels Volunteer Fire Company. 

He has served as chairman of the Board of Directors of Chesapeake Center, Inc. including two terms as Board Chairman, and is a principal in Eastern Shore Title Company, the Mid-Shore’s largest title insurance and real estate settlement agency.

Burry can be contacted directly at wparker@pcmglaw.com.