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Peter N. Hillman

Partner

Practice Description

Peter Hillman is both a general litigation partner and co-head of the Firm’s employment law practice. In these respects, Mr. Hillman regularly advises management on a broad range of litigation avoidance/prevention measures in areas as diverse as discrimination, breach of contract, workplace torts, employee malfeasance, wrongful discharge, products liability, insurance disputes and corporate governance. When necessary, he leads litigation for the plaintiff or defendant, from individual to complex matters and class actions. Mr. Hillman has litigated in numerous federal and state courts and administrative tribunals around the United States.

Representative Matters

Mr. Hillman’s experience includes representing:

  • Diverse employers in disputes involving EEO and other workplace statutes and common law claims, from trial level to the U.S. Supreme Court. 
  • Financial institutions in significant individual and class actions alleging various forms of discrimination and management wrongdoing. 
  • Pharmaceutical manufacturers in high-profile products liability litigation. 
  • Power production companies in complex contracts and employment arbitration. 
  • Insurance companies in mass tort (e.g., asbestos) and environmental coverage litigation, and reinsurers in arbitration.

Honors

Mr. Hillman is cited in the 2010 edition of SuperLawyers in the specialty of employment & labor. He is also cited in New York Super Lawyers (2007) for employment and labor law.

Activities and Affiliations

Mr. Hillman is a member of the New York State Bar Association, American Bar Association (Sections on Tort and Insurance Practice; Labor and Employment Law), and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Labor and Employment Committee of the National Chamber Litigation Center.

He has written and spoken extensively on employment issues (most recently, about trends with restrictive covenants, and the need for corporate compliance with the many federal requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act). He is regularly consulted by the media for comments on newsworthy employment law items.

Publications


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Speeches and Events
 

Practice Areas

Litigation

Employment

Products Liability Counseling and Defense

Insurance and Reinsurance

Corporate Governance

Industries

Consumer Products

Pharmaceuticals

Regions

North America

United States

Education

  • Williams College, B.A., magna cum laude, 1975
  • Columbia Law School, J.D., Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, 1978

Admissions

1979

New York

1989

U.S.D.C. - D. Conn.

U.S.D.C. - D.D.C.

1986

U.S.D.C. - E.D.N.Y.

1998

U.S.D.C. - N.D.N.Y.

1979

U.S.D.C. - S.D.N.Y.

1992

U.S. Ct. App. - 2d Cir.

1982

U.S. Ct. App. - 6th Cir.

1984

U.S. Ct. App. - 9th Cir.

1981

U.S. Ct. App. - 11th Cir.

1982

U.S. Sup. Ct.

Languages

English