Lawyers / Professionals

 
R. Eric Bilik       
Partner
Bank of America Tower
50 North Laura Street, Suite 3300
Jacksonville, Florida 32202-3661
T: 904.798.2685
F: 904.360.6304
ebilik@mcguirewoods.com
 

Mr. Bilik practices in the firm's Complex Commercial Litigation Department, with an emphasis on complex business litigation matters. He has extensive experience litigating and arbitrating commercial contract matters, business torts, and distribution and franchising disputes. His practice also includes financial services, real property and mass environmental toxic tort litigation. In addition to commercial and business litigation, he counsels clients on high-exposure toxic tort, personal injury and wrongful death matters with the potential for punitive damages.

He regularly counsels corporate clients on electronic discovery and preservation issues. He is a member of the firm's electronic data discovery team, and a member of The Sedona Conference's Working Group 1 on Electronic Discovery. He is a frequent speaker to corporate law departments and bar associations on electronic discovery issues.

Mr. Bilik's experience also includes serving for a year as in-house litigation counsel for Michelin North America, Inc., with responsibility for managing commercial litigation and franchising matters.


Practices & Industries
Firm Management
  • Jacksonville Office Managing Partner, 2011-Present

Honors
  • Barrister, Chester Bedell Inn of Court, 1997-2000

Previous Experience
  • Michelin North America, Inc., June 2000-June 2001

Professional Affiliations
  • Florida Bar Association
  • Working Group 1 Member, Sedona Conference
 

EDUCATION

Duke University School of Law, Durham, North Carolina, J.D., 1993

The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, B.A. Political Science, January 1990

 
 

ADMITTED

Florida 1993

U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit

 

PLACE OF BIRTH

Louisville, Kentucky