Patrick H Hicks

Practice Areas

Discrimination and Harassment; Litigation and Trials; Unfair Competition and Trade Secrets

Career

Patrick is the founding shareholder of Littler’s Nevada offices. He has litigated more than 500 employment lawsuits to a conclusion. As a highly-experienced trial attorney, he has successfully defended scores of jury trials and has handled numerous arbitrations and mediations. Companies frequently call upon Hicks to try difficult cases even when handled by other firms. He regularly appears in state and federal courts and represents clients before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and various other states' administrative agencies representing employers in wrongful termination; employment discrimination and harassment; breach of contract litigation, non-compete, and trade secrets.

Various organizations have regularly recognized Hicks as one of the nation’s best employment and trial attorneys. He has obtained defense verdicts in scores of jury trials involving discrimination on the basis of race, age, national origin, and disability; breach of contract; and single and multi-plaintiff sexual harassment cases.

Hicks completed the Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management Leadership training. He is active in firm management and chairs the EPLI Committee and serves on the Diversity Advisory Group. Hicks is a member of the Re-Engineering Committee, Profitability/Project Management Committee, the Career Advocacy Program Committee, and the Business Development Council Committee. He is a former member of Littler's Board of Directors, founding shareholder and former office managing shareholder of the Las Vegas and Reno offices, and former co-chair of the Hospitality Practice Group.

Professional Memberships

American Bar Association - Gaming Litigation Sub-Committee, Past Co-Chair; Southern Nevada Human Resources Association - Legislative Committee, Past Chair

Publications

Inside the Minds: Labor and Employment Strategies, Aspatore Books, 2007

Education