Brianna G. Pickhardt

Persuasive advocacy, pragmatic advice, and personal commitment are the defining characteristics of Brianna's practice of law. An effective litigator with significant courtroom experience, she represents businesses and individuals in commercial litigation, fiduciary disputes, bankruptcy and creditors' rights matters, and construction cases.

While Brianna understands that attention to detail and immersion in the facts and law of a case is essential to obtaining a favorable outcome, she also recognizes the critical importance of looking at litigation holistically and in the larger business context. Accordingly, her strategies and guidance include not only frank analytical assessments of a case's strengths and weaknesses but also the broader impact of all potential outcomes. Working closely with each client and always mindful of their bottom line, Brianna has earned a reputation as a responsive, accessible, and approachable counselor who always keeps their interests and concerns top of mind.

Reflective of her professionalism and litigation success, Brianna was recognized as a 2024 Rising Star by Maryland Super Lawyers after just three years of practice.

Her litigation experience includes:

• Serving as part of the trial team that won a defense verdict, including a $300,000 attorneys’ fees award, for a private equity fund sued by a former employee;
• Second-chairing a million-dollar lawsuit by a trust beneficiary against the Trustee of the trust that resulted in removal of the Trustee and a transfer of trust property to the beneficiary;
• Second-chairing the defense of a specific performance action that resulted in a defense verdict and a substantial attorneys’ fees award, both of which were upheld on appeal;
• Routinely representing clients in construction litigation, and advising clients regarding contractual provisions to avoid litigation; and
• Routinely drafting pleadings, motions, and discovery.