Peter Travis

California Trial Attorney, Australian Barrister and International Mediator

22 years of experience
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
Since 2002

Queensland (State Bar Association): ID Number: 2034
Since 2008

Languages

English: Spoken, Written

Professional Experience

Barrister and Mediator: Gibbs Chambers; 2008 - Current; Barrister and Mediator specialising in commercial disputes

Senior Trial Attorney: White O'Connor Curry LLP; 2001 - 2008; ►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