Derik J. Hilliard

Derik J. Hilliard is an Associate in Morgan Lewis’s Litigation Practice. The lawyers in our Litigation Practice provide services in a wide range of areas including business and corporate disputes, corporate investigations and criminal defense, environmental, international arbitration, patent and trademark, securities, toxic tort, and product liability.

Mr. Hilliard earned his J.D. from the University of San Francisco School of Law in 2013, where he was a recipient of the Kenneth O. Lloyd Scholarship, served as Moot Court Advocacy Director, as well as academic chair for the Black Law Students Association. While in law school, Mr. Hilliard worked at a consumer advocacy organization, where he drafted memoranda on the Affordable Care Act’s heathcare exchange policy and banking industry practices. He also worked with USF’s mediation clinic at the San Francisco Small Claims Court, where he conducted mediations and drafted settlement agreements for parties who were able to resolve their disputes.

Prior to attending law school, Mr. Hilliard worked as a legal advocate at the East Bay Community Law Center assisting low-income clients with discrimination claims, personal injury, criminal law, and debt collection matters. He earned his B.A. in communication, with a minor in political science, from Stanford University in 1999.

Mr. Hilliard is admitted to practice in California and before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.


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Areas of Practice 1) Litigation
Law School San Francisco Law School
Education Stanford University, 1999, B.A.
Bar Member / Association State Bar Of California
Most recent firm Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
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