Attorney Profile

David D. Gilliss

David Gilliss

Niles, Barton & Wilmer, LLP
111 S. Calvert Street, Suite 1400
Baltimore, MD 21202
Contact Contact David D. Gilliss
T: 410-783-6384
F: 410-783-6456

Visit: www.nilesbarton.com
Practice areas: Construction/Surety (60%), Construction Litigation (30%), Administrative Law (10%)
Industry Groups: Surety; Construction; Fidelity; Regulatory; And Commercial Litigation

Profile

I focus my practice on the efficient resolution of surety and fidelity claims, and in the resolution of construction claims on behalf of general contractors and subcontractors.  I also focus my practice on the efficient and common-sense handling of regulatory matters. I work with surety companies and fidelity insurers with respect to performance and payment bond claims and with regard to employee dishonesty claims.  My work with general contractors and subs includes claims resolution, mechanics liens, and surety bond claims.   I also represent insurers and corporations in regulatory disputes.   I have successfully tried construction claim cases, and have extensive experience with arbitration and mediation.

Selected to:

Maryland Super Lawyers 2009
Maryland Super Lawyers 2008

About David Gilliss

Admitted: 1985, Maryland

Blog: www.martindale.com/David-D-Gilliss/622254-lawyer.htm

Professional Webpage: www.niles-law.com/index.php?page=ourteam&PHPSESSID=190755ba1...

Honors and Awards: Awarded by peer review, for the highest standards of professional skill and ethics., AV Rating from Martindale Hubbell, Martindale Hubbell, 2009, I previously served on the Maryland State Bar Association's Young Lawyers Section Executive Committee.  In that capacity, I received the Section's Distinguished Service Award., Distinguished Service Award, Maryland State Bar Association -- Young Lawyers Section, 1991
Bar/Professional Activity: Executive Council of DRI's Surety Law Committee;Steering Committee member of the ABA's Construction Law Forum, Division 7 Subcommittee;Executive Council of the Mid-Atlantic Surety Association.
Pro bono/Community Service: Session Member and Chair, Stewardship Committee, Towson Presbyterian ChurchWorking on two construction claims stemming from Hurricane Katrina; Former Member of the Board, GEDCO, Baltimore, Maryland; Former Alumni Board Member, College of Wooster (Wooster, Ohio); Member, Board of Trustees, Calvert Hall College (Towson, Maryland).
Scholarly Lectures and Writings: In May of 2009 I co-Chaired the DRI's Annual Fidelity and Surety Roundtable held in Chicago, Illinois.  Program featured an industry panel on the current trends and developments in the surety and fidelity industry, Co-Chair, Fidelity and Surety Roundtable, Defense Research Institute, 2009, In August of 2009, I moderated a successful program of the Mid-Atlantic Surety Association in which industry leaders presented information to the membership reegarding onerous construction contract clauses., Program Co-Chair and Panel Moderator, Onerous Contract Clauses, Mid-Atlantic Surety Association, Surety, 2009, In November of 2008, I co-chaired the Annual Meeting of the Fidelity Law Association.  The program was held in Baltimore, Maryland, Program Co-Chair, Fidelity law Association Annual Meeting, Fidelity Law Association, 2008, Together with Michael Hurley, I presented a paper entitled Fractures to the Triangle as part of the ABA's Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section's Mid-Winter meeting in January of 2006, Speaker, Fractures to the Triangle, ABA Fidelity And Surety Law Committee, 2006
Verdicts and Settlements: Tried a complex construction claim case to verdict in October of 2008 in the Circuit Court for Worcester County, obtaining a judgment on behalf of my client for in excess of $1 million., 2008
Educational Background: J.D. University of Maryland, School of Law, 1985
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