Biography of Attorney
Peter R. Hill was born in Rhinebeck, New York, in 1957. He lived in Barcelona, Spain, 1973-1974, in Garmish Partenkirchen as dishwasher in summer 1976, and in Leningrad (now SI. Petersburg), U.S.S.R., as special exchange student in Summer 1978.
Mr. Hill has extensive experience in criminal defense and in accident litigation for legal and illegal immigrants, particularly since the Illegal Immigrant and Immigrant Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act prohibited the legalization of the status of the vast majority of illegal immigrants present in the U.S.
Peter R. Hill and his wife, Joanne, share their home with their two sons, ages 14 and 12. He is frequent guest on Spanish speaking radio and has appeared on television shows speaking both Spanish and Russian.
Education:
B.A., International Studies, Reed College, Portland, Oregon 1979
Senior Thesis; Cuba's Intervention in the Angolan Civil War: A Unique Opportunity for Cuba; M.I.M., now M.B.A., Thunderbird Graduate School of International Management, Glendale, Arizona, 1982
J.D., Emory University School of Law, 1988
Attorneys Bar Admissions:
Georgia, 1988
Georgia Court of Appeals, 1988
Georgia Supreme Court, 1988
U.S. District Court for Northern District of Georgia, 1988
U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, 1988
U.S. Supreme Court, 2000