Peter Tierney
Addison, Texas
Of Counsel
ph. 972-701-7075
ph. 866-240-5197 (Toll-Free)
fx. 972-701-7175
ptierney@hhdulaw.com

Peter Tierney has a broad general business and corporate background spanning more than four decades in the practice of law. He has provided general legal counsel to a number of individuals and businesses, including advice regarding business entity selection and formation. Peter has also provided advice in mergers, acquisitions and other business transactions. He has advised troubled lending institutions (and their directors and officers), and provided counsel to senior executives regarding employment, change of control, buy/sell agreements and severance matters. In the area of Corporate Governance, he advises boards and committees of boards, as well as providing director and officer risk management advice (including the negotiations of indemnity agreements), D&O insurance protection and fiduciary duty analysis.

Peter received his J.D. from the University of Virginia where he was a member of the Order of the Coif and the Virginia Law Review. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Economics with honors from Boston College where he was a member of the College Honors Program and as a student in the top 10% of his graduating class was elected to Beta Gamma Sigma, the National Business Honor Society.

Areas of Practice:

• Business and Corporate law
• Commercial law
• Corporate Governance
• D&O and Executive Employment and Fiduciary Duty Advice
• Mediation

BAR ADMISSIONS

• Texas, 1970
• U.S. District Court, Northern and Western Districts of Texas
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
• Dallas Bar Association

EDUCATION
University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, Virginia
J.D.
Order of the Coif
Virginia Law Review, 1968 – 1970

Boston College, Boston, Massachusetts
B.S. Economics
Beta Gamma Sigma
Top 10% of Class

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Dallas and American Bar Associations
• State Bar of Texas
• American Law Institute
• Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation

Honors and Awards

Again selected by peers for inclusion in the 2012 edition of Best Lawyers in America in the practice area of corporate governance and compliance law.

AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell®, the highest recognition in the legal industry for professionalism and ethics.

Publications
A Practical Guide to Insurance and Indemnification of Officers and Directors, May 2008

Seminars Conducted
Director and Officer Insurance Seminar, 2007
Corporate Governance: Turmoil in the Boardroom since Sarbanes-Oxley, September 12, 2002
Goodwill: The New Accounting Rules, March 12, 2002
Director and Officer Liability, June 21, 2000 and November 15, 2000