Peter R. Jarvis - Lawyer in Portland, OR

Peter Jarvis is a partner in Holland Knight's Portlandoffice, where he practices primarily in the area of attorney professionalresponsibility and risk management. Mr. Jarvis advises lawyers, law firms,corporate legal departments and government legal departments about the lawgoverning lawyers. This includes, but is not limited to, matters relating toconflicts of interest, duties of confidentiality, other legal or professionalethics issues, advice on the avoidance of civil or criminal liability, law firmbreakups, and questions relating to law firm or legal department structure andoperation. Mr. Jarvis also serves as an expert witness and is an avid lecturerfor public and private/in-house continuing legal education seminars.

Mr. Jarvis has decades of experience as a trusted adviser to lawyers and alsodraws on his substantial background as a civil litigation attorney in mattersinvolving antitrust, appellate, business tort, general contract, insurance,product liability, tax and Uniform Commercial Code concerns.

Prior to joining Holland Knight, Mr. Jarvis was the partner-in-chargeof the Portland office of a multistate law firm and was co-leader of that firmsnational professional responsibility/risk management practice group. He alsoserved for many years as the in-house ethics counsel for a multistate law firm.