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Kirk McCormick focuses his practice on construction litigation, surety law, and government contracts. Since joining WTHF in 2001, Kirk has tried several cases, including acting as first-chair. He has represented clients in state and federal courts, boards of contract appeals, and in numerous arbitrations and mediations.
Kirk has represented sureties, general contractors, subcontractors, owners, architects, and engineers throughout the United States on a wide range of public and private construction projects, including air traffic control towers, bridges, roads, complex underwater and underground tunnels, public archives restoration projects, military bases, office buildings, retail centers, university physical education facilities, courthouses, fire stations, and schools. He has assisted clients with payment bond and performance bond claims, subrogation issues, construction defect claims, commercial general liability coverage issues, mechanic's liens, contract administration and termination, and preparation, submission, and defense of claims concerning such issues as differing site conditions, defective specifications, access restraints, changes, and lost productivity.
Kirk also has extensive experience with federal government contracts, including procurement and contract administration under the FAR, bid protests, default terminations, and False Claims Act defense.
Before
joining WTHF, Kirk graduated
summa cum laude
from the University of Kentucky and
cum laude
from Georgetown University Law Center.
Memberships and Affiliations
- American Bar Association
Publications and Presentations
- Author: "U.S. Supreme Court Deals Blow to Heightened Judicial Scrutiny of Arbitration Awards," From the Ground Up, Spring 2008.
- Author: "The Withdrawn Sub-Bid: When Will the Subcontractor Be Bound?" WTHF Newsletter, Summer 2006.
- Author: "Performance Bond Surety Claims Against VDOT - Performance Bond Does Not Establish Direct Contract With Commonwealth"
Construction Law and Public Contracts News
, Virginia State Bar, 2006; WTHF Newsletter, Fall 2006.
- Author: "The Duty to Preserve Evidence -- Did You Delete or Shred When You Should Have Saved?" Washington Building Congress Bulletin, June 2002; ECA Magazine, June 2002; Virginia State Bar Construction Law Section Newsletter.
- Author: "The Duty to Preserve Evidence -- Did You Delete or Shred When You Should Have Saved?" From the Ground Up, Winter 2002.
