Peter G. Bertrand is Co-Chair of the Firm’s Trade Secret and Employee Mobility and Wine Industry Practice Groups. Mr. Bertrand’s practice, which is national in scope, focuses on the representation of financial institutions and companies in the areas of litigation, bankruptcy and creditor rights law. He also specializes in cases involving intellectual property, trade secrets, unfair business competition and employment related claims, and he has substantial experience in representing financial institutions in lender liability actions, interbank disputes and claims involving directors and officers.
Mr. Bertrand has prepared and participated in a number of specialized programs involving bankruptcy, creditors’ rights (secured and unsecured), provisional and post-judgment remedies, high tech commercial law, commercial paper and employment law issues. He is a member of the Bar Association of San Francisco’s Commercial Law and Bankruptcy Section and has lectured extensively as part of educational programs geared toward financial institutions throughout the United States.
Mr. Bertrand has been selected as America’s Top 100 High Stakes Litigators since 2020. He also received a 2020 Top Lawyer rating by the San Francisco Magazine, as well as 2020 Judicial AV Preeminent rating by Martindale Hubbell and has been selected as a Top Rated Lawyer in the areas of Commercial Bankruptcy, Creditor-Debtor Rights, Bank & Finance and Commercial Litigation by American Lawyer Media in 2013 and 2014. He has been selected as one of Northern California’s Super Lawyers eleven times (2005-2006, 2008-2010 and 2014-2019) and was also selected as a Northern California Super Lawyer, Corporate Counsel Edition from 2009 to 2010. Mr. Bertrand has been recognized by Best Lawyer in America and Best Lawyers in the Bay Area in the areas of Bankruptcy Litigation and Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law since 2009. He is also a recipient of Corporate America’s 2016 Legal Elite Award, Best Financial Solutions Practice Group – California. He has also been voted as America’s Most Honored Professional by The American Registry. Recently, Mr. Bertrand was selected as 2024 Attorney of the Year for the Top 100 Lawyers Magazine.
