PATRICK M. PIKE
Phone: 443-761-6509
Fax: 443-761-6519
E-mail: pike@pikegilliss.com
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Mr. Pike is a founding partner of Pike & Gilliss, LLC. His practice focuses on construction, surety, fidelity, creditors’ rights and bankruptcy, and related claims on behalf of construction companies, sureties, and fidelity carriers. Mr. Pike is regularly recognized in these practice areas including being named the Baltimore “Lawyer of the Year” for Construction Law Litigation in 2020 by Best Lawyers®. Mr. Pike was also recognized by Best Lawyers® as “Lawyer of the Year” in his practice areas in 2018, and in 2016, and in 2013 for Construction Law. Mr. Pike has been recognized as one of the “Top 50” lawyers in Maryland by Super Lawyers in 2010 and 2011. Mr. Pike is originally from Syracuse, New York.
BAR ADMISSIONS
New York, 1979
Maryland, 1981
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
U.S. District Court for Maryland
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
U.S. District Court for Washington, D.C.
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for Maryland
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for Washington, D.C.
EDUCATION
Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 1977
Hobart College, B.A., Magna Cum Laude, 1973
– Phi Betta Kappa
HONORS AND AWARDS
Best Lawyers® 2020, Baltimore Construction Law “Lawyer of the Year”
Best Lawyers®2018, Baltimore Construction Law “Lawyer of the Year”
Best Lawyers® 2016, Baltimore Litigation-Construction Law “Lawyer of the Year”
Best Lawyers® 2013, Baltimore Construction Law “Lawyer of the Year”
Best Lawyer® Construction Law and Construction Litigation, 2008-current
AV Rated Attorney, Martindale-Hubbell, 1999-current
Super Lawyers Top 50 in Maryland, 2010, 2011
Super Lawyers, Top Rated Construction Litigation, Top Rated Surety Lawyers, 2008-current
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS
National Bond Claims Association
Surety Claims Institute
American Bar Association’s Fidelity and Surety Law Committee
Past Maryland Chairman, American Bar Association’s Fidelity & Surety Law Committee
Past President, member of Steering Committee, Maryland State Bar Association’s Construction Law Section
Maryland State Bar Association
New York State Bar Association
American Bar Association
Bar Association of Baltimore City
LECTURES, PRESENTATIONS, AND PUBLICATIONS
“Commercial General Liability Insurance in the Construction Industry”, The Maryland Institute for the Continuing Professional Education of Lawyers, Inc. (MICPEL), 1995
Maryland Chapter on “Surety Bonds and Mechanic’s Liens”, Credit Manager’s Survival Kit, 1995, 1996 editions
Comprehensive General Liability Insurance and Suretyship Construction Insurance Law Seminar MICPEL, University of Baltimore, 1995
Fidelity Law for the General Practitioner, Maryland State Bar Association Summer Meeting, 1994
“Trust Fund Statutes and Provisions in Bankruptcy Litigation,” Maryland State Bar Association’s Committee on Fidelity and Surety Law, Baltimore, Maryland, 1993
“Expert Testimony at Trial Under the New Federal Rules of Evidence and Procedure,” Lecturer for the University of Maryland School of Law, Baltimore, Maryland 1993
“Comprehensive General Liability and Builder’s Risk Insurance in the Construction Industry,” MICPEL, College Park, Maryland, 1992
“The Use and Abuse of Expert Witness Testimony,” Guest Lecturer for the University of Maryland School of Law, Baltimore, Maryland, 1992
“Bid Bonds, Payment Bonds and Liability Insurance for Contractors,” MICPEL, Baltimore, Maryland, 1992
“Bid, Payment and Performance Bonds,” special presentation for the Maryland State Attorney’s Office, Baltimore, Maryland, 1992
“Bad Faith and the Surety,” American Bar Association’s Forum Committee on the Construction Industry Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington, 1992
“Liability of the Surety for Preference Claims Arising Out of the Principal’s Bankruptcy,” Maryland State Bar Association’s Committee on Fidelity and Surety Law, Baltimore, Maryland, 1992
“Commercial General Liability Policies” and “Builder’s Risk Policies”, Surety Bonds and Insurance in the Construction Industry, (MICPEL),1992
“Developments in Suretys’ Liability for Bad Faith”, Construction Management: Making the Right Choice, The American Bar Association’s Forum Committee on the Construction Industry, April, 1992
“The Use of Expert Testimony at Trial,” Guest Lecturer for the University of Maryland School of Law, Baltimore, Maryland, 1991
“The Principal Has Defaulted – What Does The Surety Do?,” Virginia Bar Foundation, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1991
“Recent Developments in Surety Law,” Maryland State Bar Association’s Committee on Fidelity and Surety Law, Baltimore, Maryland, 1991
“When the Contractor is Defaulting or Becoming Insolvent: What to do From the Surety’s Perspective?”, 12th Annual Construction Law Seminar, Practical Advice for Handling the Troubled Project, Virginia Law Foundation, 1991
“Attorneys’ Fees and the Financial Institution Bond,” Maryland State Bar Association’s Committee on Fidelity and Surety Law, Baltimore, Maryland, 1990
“An Update on the Loan Loss and Potential Income Exclusions of the Financial Institution Bond,” Surety Claims Institute, Chicago, Illinois, 1989
“Bankruptcy for the General Practitioner,” Maryland State Bar Association Winter Meeting Acapulco, Mexico, 1989
“An Update on the Loan Loss and Potential Income Exclusions of the Financial Institution Bond”, 14th Annual Meeting of the Surety Claims Institute, 1989
“Cardinal Changes, Misrepresentations and Fraud – When is the Surety Off the Hook?” National Bond Claims Association Seminar,1998
“Mechanics Liens and Bonds in Maryland, D.C. and Virginia,” Seminar on the 1987 Changes to the AIA Construction Documents, Baltimore, Maryland, 1987
