Peter R. Jarvis
Peter Jarvis is a partner in Holland & Knight's Portland office, where he practices primarily in the area of attorney professional responsibility and risk management. Mr. Jarvis advises lawyers, law firms, corporate legal departments and government legal departments about the law governing lawyers. This includes, but is not limited to, matters relating to conflicts of interest, duties of confidentiality, other legal or professional ethics issues, advice on the avoidance of civil or criminal liability, law firm breakups, and questions relating to law firm or legal department structure and operation. Mr. Jarvis also serves as an expert witness and is an avid lecturer for public and private/in-house continuing legal education seminars.
Mr. Jarvis has decades of experience as a trusted adviser to lawyers and also draws on his substantial background as a civil litigation attorney in matters involving 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-charge of the Portland office of a multistate law firm and was co-leader of that firm’s national professional responsibility/risk management practice group. He also served for many years as the in-house ethics counsel for a multistate law firm.
- Phi Beta Kappa, Harvard University
- Oregon Super Lawyers magazine, 2011-2013
- Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated
- President's Membership Services Award, Oregon Bar Association, 1991
- ALI-ABA Harrison Tweed Special Merit Award, 1993
- 2012 Distinguished Legal Writing Award, Burton Award for Legal Achievements
Portland, Oregon 97204
