Peter R. York
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.
Professional affiliations
Atlanta Bar Association (1991-Present)
- Board Member (1999-2001)
American Bar Association (1991-Present)
Georgia Bar Association
Defense Research Institute (1991-Present)
Georgia Defense Lawyers Association
Lawyers Club of Atlanta
Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation
- Board Member (1998-2003)
Atlanta Council for Younger Lawyers
- President (1999-2000)
- Vice President (1998-1999)
- Past President Elect (2000-2001)
Summer Economics Institute
- Chairman (2000-2005)
- Board Member (1997-2000)
Community involvement
- Trinity Presbyterian Church
- Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation (AVLF)
Honors
- Georgia Super Lawyer, Super Lawyer’s Magazine (2007-2010)
- Georgia Super Lawyer, Super Lawyer’s Magazine, Corporate Counsel Edition (2008, 2009, 2010)
- Martindale-Hubbell AV Rated
- Georgia Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers Magazine, Business Edition (2011)
Trials
Practice areas
Education
J. D., University of Georgia
B.A., The University of the South, 1986
Bar admissions
- Georgia
Courts
- United States District Court (Northern District of Georgia)
- United States District Court (Middle District of Georgia)
- Georgia Supreme Court
- Georgia Court of Appeals