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Patricia McHugh Lambert
Member
plambert@hpklegal.com
Tel: (410) 339-6759
Fax: (410) 832-5628

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Patricia McHugh Lambert
“In litigation, as well as in life, there are missed opportunities because people do not use creativity in approaching problems. Approaching issues with insight, and sometimes with a woman's touch, has helped me achieve success for my clients.”
Areas of Practice
Professional Experience
Ms. Lambert has over 25 years of experience in handling complex commercial litigation and insurance matters. Ms. Lambert has worked on national class actions and significant litigation and regulatory matters for Fortune 500 companies. She has also assisted small and mid-sized companies and business executives with contract, real estate and commercial disputes that needed to be resolved quickly and efficiently. Ms. Lambert is best known as an attorney who knows the field of insurance. She has represented insurers, policyholders, and insurance producers in disputes both in court and before the Maryland Insurance Administration.
Personal Information
Education
- Wake Forest University Law School, J.D., with honors, 1982
- University of North Carolina, B.A., Phi Beta Kappa, 1979
- Editorial Staff, Wake Forest Law Review
Bar Admission
- Maryland
- United States Supreme Court
- United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, D.C. Circuit
- United States District Court, District of Maryland
- United States District Court, Northern District of Florida
Other
Ms. Lambert is actively involved in the community with women, family and children issues. She enjoys acting as a mentor to younger attorneys and the high school students she coaches in mock trial competitions.
Published Articles
- "How Societal Changes Raise Insurance Issues," Annual ABA/TIPS Mid-Year Annual Meeting, 2009
- "An Ill Wind Blows No Good: The Nuances of Business Interruption Claims," Business Law Today, March/April 2006
- Author and Instructor, "Under Cover with Insurance Coverage", MICPEL, 2007
- Author and Instructor, "Maryland's New First Party Bad Faith/Good Faith Law", MICPEL, 2007
- Author and Instructor, Insurance Producer Liability (Agent/Broker Liability), MICPEL, 2004
- Author and Instructor, Life And Disability Insurance Claims, MICPEL, 2003
- Author and Instructor, Insurance Institute, MICPEL, 2001, 2004, 1994
- Moderator and Editor, MICPEL Program, Disputes with Insurance Companies and Agents, October 1992
- PMPA: Brand Standards, 2005 Petroleum Marketing Attorney, Washington, D.C., March 29, 2005
- Bullet Proofing Your Client When the Issue is Privilege, ABA Insurance Section, Phoenix, AZ, February 2005
- "Mediating Messes: A Blueprint for Mediating Environmental Disputes," Maryland Bar Association, Bar Bulletin, June 2004
- "The Accountant As Expert Witness", Maryland Association of Certified Public Accountants, October 22, 1998
- "Employee Recovery for Emotional Distress: Where the Realm of Common Law Outrageousness Has Become Elusive for Claimants, Will Workers'
- Compensation Take Them In?" Maryland Bar Journal, May 1993
- "Lessening the Pain of Withdrawal: What an Insurance Company Can Do to Prepare to Withdraw from the Personal Automobile Line of Insurance" Journal of
- Insurance Regulation 252, Winter 1992
Community Involvement
- Women's Leadership Council, Executive Committee, United Way of Central Maryland
- Member, Tocqueville Society, United Way of Central Maryland
- Chairman, Board of Directors, Injured Workers' Insurance Fund
- Board Member, Network 2000
- Board Member, St. Agnes Foundation
Community Links
Additional Information
- Named to Maryland Super Lawyers 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010 (Baltimore magazine)
- Named to Best Lawyers in America for Insurance, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010 Edition
- Named to Maryland's Legal Elite (Smart CEO magazine, 2005)
- Named a Leading Lady (Smart Woman magazine, 2004)
- Named one of Maryland's Top 100 Women for 2004 (Daily Record, 2004)
- Fellow of the Maryland Bar Foundation
- Columnist for the Insurance Advisor
- Peer Review Committee of the Attorney Grievance Commission
- Past Chair, Board of Trustees, Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund
- Past Board of Trustees, Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund, 2003-2004
- Leadership Maryland, Class of 2006
- Greater Baltimore Committee's Leadership Program, Class of 1993
