Michael J. Pike

Attorney Michael Pike is Managing Partner of Pike & Lustig, LLP. He is a top-trial attorney and expert story-teller. He is well known among his colleagues for being an aggressive-trial attorney with the ability to relate to a jury and cogently explain the facts of the case he is trying and how the law applies to those facts.

Pike makes it a point to try several cases a year. How else can you call yourself a trial lawyer if you are not in the courtroom several times a year?  Pike is also an avid Jiu-Jitsu practitioner. He competes in the courtroom and on the jiu-jitsu mats.

Pike has the competitive edge and academic wherewithal to handle your business or injury case. Pike and Lustig, LLP provides the legal services of a large firm at a fraction of the cost when compared to the hourly rates charged by attorneys at large-institutional law firms.

Before opening his own law firm, Pike spent several years practicing law as an associate and partner at some of Florida’s most prestigious firms, where he also tried and settled several cases.

He has been practicing law for over 15 years, and has secured numerous verdicts and settlements on behalf of clients within the areas of business litigation, shareholder disputes, derivative actions, contract disputes, property disputes, real-estate disputes, physician-practice disputes, personal injury, auto accidents, highway accidents, wrongful death, insurance litigation, complex-commercial litigation, sexual battery & assault and RICO.

Pike also represents several physicians and physician practices in various areas including, but not limited to, family medicine, physician-partner disputes, orthopedic-spine specialists, internal medicine, physician-practice management, HIPAA,  and physician-operating agreements.

Pike also assists his clients with non-compete and non-solicitation agreements, trademark disputes, and copyright disputes. In fact, you can view some of the firm’s recent results in the “recent results” tab on this website. Pike also dedicates a portion of his practice to representing law firms, including some of the largest personal-injury law firms in Florida.

Pike is a State and Federal Court practitioner, having handled several cases in the United States District Courts involving complex business disputes. He has represented clients in several high-profile cases that have been covered in both local and national news.

Pike is a former clerk of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and with the State Attorney’s Office. He is admitted to practice in Florida and U.S. District Courts – Northern, Southern and Middle Districts of Florida, and the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals.  Pike has also drafted numerous appeals and has argued at the Appellate level.

Education:

• University of Florida, J.D.
• University of Florida, B.A.

Admissions:

• The Florida Bar, 2002
• United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
• United States Court for the Northern District of Florida
• United States Court for the Middle District of Florida
• United States Court for the Southern District of Florida

Professional Associations:

• Florida Justice Association – Member
• Current Board of Director of the Hanley Foundation
• Palm Beach County Bar Association – Member
• Palm Beach County Justice Association – Past Executive Board Member, Treasurer and President
• Palm Beach County Justice Association – Past Chair Annual Fishing Tournament