Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Year Joined Organization: 1986

Lawyer Overview

"Enormously talented, extremely organized and a fantastic leader . . . you can put him in front of a jury anywhere and he'll connect with it," according to the 2008 Chambers USA Guide to America's Leading Lawyers for Business. Peter Bicks, the partner-in-charge of the New York office, has extensive trial success nationwide in the areas of mass tort, complex commercial contracts, intellectual property, corporate governance, accountant's liability and bankruptcy. Mr. Bicks has written and lectured on trial strategy and techniques in high-profile, high-stakes cases and is often quoted in the Wall Street Journal and appears on Bloomberg Radio and Television to discuss trial tactics and strategy. Before joining Orrick, Mr. Bicks was a partner at Donovan Leisure Newton & Irvine LLP from 1995 to 1998.

Areas of Practice

• Litigation

Bar Admissions

• New York, 1987

Professional Associations and Memberships

• New York State Bar Association

Honors and Awards

• Leading Products Liability Defense Trial Lawyer, Chambers USA, 2006 - 2008
• Lead Trial Counsel in one of the "Top Defense Wins of 2004" selected by National Law Journal

Education

• Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, District of Columbia, 1986
  J.D.
• Pomona College, Claremont, California, 1982
  B.A.

Published Works

• "Chapter 15: Punitive Damages", Litigation Services Handbook: The Role of the Financial Expert, Fourth Edition, 2007
• "A Practical Guide to Sophisticated User Defense in N.Y.", New York Law Journal, Tuesday, Volume 237-No. 122, June 26, 2007
• Defending a Company in a Punitive Damages Case: A Comprehensive Approach to Defeating Punitive Damages in Light of Present-Day Juror Attitudes, Aspatore Books, 2005
• “Winning Complex Trials in Out-of-State Jurisdictions”, New York Law Journal, Friday, Volume 233-No. 106, June 3, 2005
• "Defeating Punitive Damages", New York Law Journal, December 5, 2005

Address

666 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10103-0001

Phones

(212) 506-3742

Faxes

(212) 506-5151

Emails

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Websites

http://www.orrick.com