Peter O. Shinevar

Background

Shinevar, Peter O. was born on October 3, 1955 in Jackson, Michigan, United States.

Education

University of Michigan (Bachelor of Arts, with high distinction, 1977. Juris Doctor, summa cum laude, 1980).

Career

Worked at O'Melveny & Myers LLP (Los Angeles, California) specializing in General Civil Litigation, Appellate Practice, and Criminal Trials Practice in all State and Federal Courts. Administrative; Antitrust. Banking; Bankruptcy; Commercial.

Communications; Construction. Corporation and Corporate Financing. Environmental; Immigration and Naturalization.

Insurance Coverage Defense. Intellectual Property. International Business.

Labor and Employment. Employment Benefits; Media and Entertainment. Municipal, Municipal Zoning and Municipal Finance.

Natural Resources; Oil and Gas. Patent, Trademark, Copyright and Unfair Competition. Probate, Trusts and Estate Planning.

Public Utilities; Real Estate. Securities; and Tax Law. Admitted to the bar, 1982, District of Columbia.

1994, New York, United States. Supreme Court and United States. Courts of Appeals, First, Fifth, Sixth, Ninth, Eleventh, Federal and District of Columbia Circuits.

Phi Eta Sigma; Phi Beta Kappa. Order of the Coif. Senior Editor, Michigan Law Review, 1979-1980. Winner, Henry M. Campbell Moot Court Competition, 1980.

Recipient, Henry M. Bates Scholarship. Emmett E. Egan Award. Author: Note, 78 Michigan Law Review 1116, 1980.

Law Clerk to Judge Harry T. Edwards, United States. Courts of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1981-1982. Contributing Author of: "Employee Benefits Law," American Bar Association Section of Labor and Employment.

Member: Association of the Bar of the City of New York. American Bar Association. (New York, NY Office).

O'Melveny & Myers LLP, founded over 110 years ago on January 2, 1885, is the oldest law firm in Los Angeles. Since that time, we have grown from two attorneys in two rooms specializing in the local concerns of a frontier community to a firm of more than 500 lawyers involved in matters of regional, national and global concern.

Works

• Other Work

  • Author: Note, 78 Michigan Law Review 1116, 1980. Law Clerk to Judge Harry T. Edwards, United States. Courts of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1981-1982.
    
    Contributing Author of: "Employee Benefits Law," American Bar Association Section of Labor and Employment.

Membership

Member: Association of the Bar of the City of New York. American Bar Association. (New York, NY Office).