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Peter J. Covington
Partner 
201 North Tryon Street
pcovington@mcguirewoods.comCharlotte, North Carolina 28202 F: 704.444.8722    |
Vice chairman of McGuireWoods, Mr. Covington focuses his practice on complex commercial litigation with an emphasis on securities and financial services litigation. He has 26 years of experience representing parties in complex litigation of all types, including securities, lender liability, antitrust, business torts, shareholder litigation and commercial disputes.
- Represents a major financial services company in consolidated multidistrict securities fraud litigation arising from the collapse of an Italian food and dairy company.
- Represented a national investment bank in consolidated securities fraud litigation in Oklahoma arising from the bankruptcy of a defaulted credit card collector.
- Represents a top 10 insurance broker in sales practice investigations before various state regulators.
- Defended a national insurance company in consumer class action alleging improper sale of non-credit insurance products to small loan customers.
- Defended a national insurance company in proxy fraud suit by dissident shareholder group.
- Defended a group of venture capital investors accused of securities fraud in sale of shareholder interests.
- Defended national bank and senior officer against claims of improper trading practices in bank's proprietary account in violation of FASB and OCC regulations.
- Commercial Litigation
- Financial Services Litigation
- Securities Litigation
- Capital Markets
- Securities Class Actions
- Vice Chairman
- Board of Partners
- Named One of the "Best Lawyers in America," Woodward/White, Inc., 2009-2012
- AV Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
- Named One of America's "Leading Lawyers," Chambers USA, 2009
- Named One of North Carolina's "Legal Elite"
- Named a North Carolina "Super Lawyer," 2006-2012
- Chairman, Managing Member, Helms Mulliss & Wicker, PLLC, Charlotte, North Carolina
- North Carolina Bar Association
- Past Chair, Large Law Firm Committee
- Chairman, Charlotte Reads, Advantage Carolina
- Board of Advisors, Charlotte Chamber
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EDUCATION Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, J.D., cum laude, 1980 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, B.A., 1975 ADMITTED North Carolina 1980 Registered Foreign Lawyer, England & Wales 2009 |