Eric G. Korphage

For nearly twenty-years, Eric has advocated on behalf of surety companies, construction contractors and project owners in a wide variety of construction matters, including contractual disputes, mechanic’s liens, and payment and performance bond, construction defect and trust fund violation claims. Eric also represents businesses and receivers in cases alleging fraud claims and fraudulent conveyances. As a seasoned litigator and skilled negotiator, Eric is resolute and pragmatic in finding resolutions to his clients’ complex legal problems. He assists his clients with navigating claims and litigating disputes in numerous jurisdictions and is licensed in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia.

• Successfully prosecuted client receiver’s fraudulent conveyance claims in one-week trial in a receivership proceeding/Ponzi scheme in Maryland State Court resulting in $700,000 judgment in favor of client that led to numerous successful settlements and turned course of receivership
• Summary judgment entered in favor of surety clients on indemnity and collateral demand claims resulting in $5.7+ million recovery in Maryland State Court proceeding; court rejected defendants’ contentions that sureties failed to act in good faith
• Summary judgment entered in favor of surety client affirmed by Court of Special Appeals of Maryland in case alleging surety aided and abetted alleged fraud and demanding $14 million in compensatory damages, plus punitive damages from surety
• Summary judgment entered in favor of surety client on indemnity claim against contractor and established right of surety to pursue claims under the Maryland Construction Trust Fund Statute (Argonaut Ins. Co. v. Wolverine Construction, Inc., et al., 976 F. Supp. 2d 646 (D. Md. 2013)
• Summary judgment entered in favor of surety and against obligee general contractor which asserted defense of setoff (United States District Court, Eastern District of Virginia)