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About Peter
Biography
Peter York is an accomplished first-chair trial lawyer and senior partner at Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young LLP. Peter’s practice focuses on toxic tort and environmental litigation defense; he specializes in asbestos-related claims involving lung cancer and mesothelioma as well as chemicals and substances such as talc, vermiculite and mold. Additionally, Peter has over fifteen years of experience trying cases arising out of trucking and automobile accidents, construction matters, premises criminal assault, professional negligence, contract disputes, malicious prosecution, premises liability, bad faith and other insurance related matters and dispute resolution methods. He currently serves as national trial counsel for a prominent manufacturer of furnaces and water heaters.
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Licensed in Georgia for 35 years
State: Georgia
Acquired: 1990
No misconduct found
Licensed in Illinois
State: Illinois
No misconduct found
Location
Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young LLP
4000 Suntrust Plaza 303 Peachtree Street NE, Atlanta, GA, 30308
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Experience
Honors
2016
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers Magazine
2016
Product Liability Litigation, The Best Lawyers in America©
2015
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers Magazine
2014
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers Magazine
2013
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers Magazine
2013
Top Rated Lawyer in ‘Mass Torts Law’, American Lawyer Media and Martindale-Hubbell
2012
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers Magazine
2011
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers Magazine
2010
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers Magazine
2009
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers Magazine
2008
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers Magazine
2007
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers Magazine
N/A
AV Preeminent® Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell®
Work Experience
1991 - Present
Partner, Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young LLP
Associations
1991 - Present
Atlanta Bar AssociationBoard Member
1991 - Present
Defense Research InstitutMember
State Bar of Georgia
Member
Georgia Defense Lawyers Association
Member
Lawyers Club of Atlanta
Member
Claims and Litigation Management Alliance
Member
2000 - 2001
Atlanta Council for Younger LawyersPast President Elect
2000 - 2005
Summer Economics InstituteChairman
1999 - 2000
Atlanta Council for Younger LawyersPresident
1998 - 2003
Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers FoundationBoard Member
1998 - 1999
Atlanta Council for Younger LawyersVice President
1997 - 2000
Summer Economics InstituteBoard Member
Sample of Legal Cases
Beverley v. Cleveland Electric
The Plaintiff’s counsel asked the jury for $6,600,000 in his closing argument, and after an hour of deliberation, the jury returned a verdict for the Defendant.
Robert J. Cox v. Rheem Manufacturing Co.
Brenda Williams v. R. T. Vanderbilt, et al.
Settled at trial
Education
1990
University of Georgia School of Law
JD,
N/A
The University of Georgia
Doctor of Law (J.D.)
Languages
English