MANAGER'S OFFICE

Meghan Maguire Named New City Attorney

After a competitive nationwide search, on May 15, 2023, the High Point City Council voted unanimously to appoint Meghan Maguire as the new city attorney. Maguire will begin her new position effective immediately.

“We are happy to have Meghan serve as our next city attorney,” said Mayor Jay Wagner. “Her experience and familiarity with our organization will serve us well as we continue to grow and make policy decisions that impact our community.”

“I am honored and humbled by my selection as the next city attorney,” said Maguire. “For more than four years, I have worked for the City of High Point and witnessed firsthand its creativity, collaboration and dedication to making things happen. I believe that what we create here changes the world and am excited to begin my tenure as city attorney to both serve and lead this remarkable community.”

Maguire has over twelve years of experience practicing law in the Piedmont Triad. She began her career working in-house for a non-profit, cooperative financial institution and its subsidiary companies, where she managed the legal affairs of the entire organization. She then moved into private practice with Blanco Tackabery, providing advice and counsel on business law, administrative law and regulatory compliance, commercial real estate, environmental law, renewable energy and intellectual property.

Having worked while in law school for both the City of Tampa and the City of Winston-Salem, Maguire always hoped to return to municipal government and seized the opportunity in 2019 when she joined the City of High Point. She has served as its assistant city attorney, deputy city attorney and most recently, interim city attorney.

Maguire earned her Bachelor of Arts from Wake Forest University, majoring in sociology and double minoring in history and women’s studies. She then earned her Juris Doctor from Stetson University College of Law and her Master of Laws in Law and Government from American University Washington College of Law. She is also an alumna of the University of North Carolina School of Government Municipal and County Administration course.

Maguire has lived in seven states up and down the east coast but has considered the Piedmont Triad home since 1988. She is actively involved in professional and civic activities.