Peter Travis

Peter Travis

California Trial Attorney, Australian Barrister and International Mediator
  • Arbitration & Mediation, Appeals & Appellate, Business Law ...
  • California, Queensland (State Bar Association)
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ABOUT
Peter Travis is a California attorney, Queensland barrister, and international mediator who specialises in assisting parties involved in commercial disputes. He represents clients before all Australian courts and has a commercial mediation practice specialising in resolving civil disputes across a broad range of practice areas.

EDUCATION
Peter Travis graduated from The University of Queensland, TC Beirne School of Law in 2000 with a Bachelor of Laws. He was awarded First Class Honours in Law and The University Medal for Law.

Peter also graduated with a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in political science and philosophy, from The University of Queensland.

As a law student, Peter was awarded the Ross Anderson Memorial Prize for Constitutional Law, the Allens Prize for Overall Excellence, the Corporations Law Prize, was employed by the Law School to tutor Corporations Law, Equity & Trusts and Property Law, led the University of Queensland Law Journal editorial board and UQ Moot Court, was runner-up in a US constitutional law advocacy tournament and reached the finals of the World Universities Debating Championships.

EXPERIENCE
After graduating from law school, Peter was employed in the IP/Media Group at Allens and was admitted as a solicitor in New South Wales in 2001.

In 2002, Peter passed the California Bar Examination and began practising as a trial attorney with entertainment trial specialists, White O’Connor Curry. As a California attorney, Peter appeared regularly before Federal District Courts across the US and the Los Angeles Superior Court, representing film and television studios such as Warner Bros., New Line, Fox, Universal, Disney, ABC, CBS and Showtime.

In 2008, Peter Travis was admitted as a barrister and joined the Queensland Bar. He is admitted to practice in the High Court of Australia and all federal and state courts and appears regularly in the Supreme Court and state and federal appellate courts.

Practice Areas
Arbitration & Mediation
Business - Arbitration/Mediation, Consumer - Arbitration/Mediation
Appeals & Appellate
Civil Appeals, Federal Appeals
Business Law
Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Litigation, Franchising, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
Construction Law
Construction Defects, Construction Litigation
Entertainment & Sports Law
Intellectual Property
Additional Practice Area
  • Commercial Litigation
Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
California
State Bar of California
ID Number: 220587
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Queensland (State Bar Association)
ID Number: 2034
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Languages
  • English: Spoken, Written
Professional Experience
Barrister and Mediator
Gibbs Chambers
- Current
Barrister and Mediator specialising in commercial disputes
Senior Trial Attorney
White O'Connor Curry LLP
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►Role: Senior Trial Attorney in Los Angeles, California ►Clients: Acted for leading film and television studios such as Warner Bros., New Line, Fox, Universal, Disney, ABC, CBS and Showtime ►Expertise: Specialised in conducting commercial trials involving traditional entertainment litigation (intellectual property, idea submission, defamation, and privacy torts) as well as disputes involving insurance, antitrust, construction, insolvency, professional negligence and other issues ►Experience: Appeared regularly before the Federal District Court and the Los Angeles Superior Court and conducted hundreds of hours of cross-examination during numerous depositions
Legal Graduate
Allens
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►IP/Media Group ►Admitted as a solicitor in New South Wales, Australia
Awards
The University Medal for Law
The University of Queensland
Awarded the University Medal for Law by the University of Queensland
Allens Prize for Overall Excellence
The University of Queensland
The Corporations Law Prize
The University of Queensland
Ross Anderson Memorial Prize for Constitutional Law
The University of Queensland
Professional Associations
State Bar of California  # 220587
Member
Current
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Publications
Websites & Blogs
Website
Peter Travis | About
Website
Peter Travis | Barrister and Mediator
Contact & Map
Peter Travis | Barrister and Mediator
Gibbs Chambers
Level 15, 95 North Quay
Brisbane, Queensland 4000
Australia
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