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Gerard "Gerry" Pecht - A
Distinguished Legal Career

A concise overview of his 45+ year career, including his leadership roles at Norton Rose Fulbright and his specialization in complex business and commercial litigation.

Experience Highlights

  • Handled complex commercial litigation, investigations and arbitration for over 45 years
  • Served as Global CEO of Norton Rose Fulbright, one of the world’s largest law firms
  • Served as Global Head of Litigation and Disputes for Norton Rose Fulbright
  • Served as Head of the Regulation, Investigation, Securities, and Compliance Group of Norton Rose Fulbright.
  • From 2019 to 2023, Gerry served as the global chief executive office of norton rose fulbright, one of the largest law firms in the world with over 3,800 lawyers in 58 offices in 27 countries. Prior to that, gerry served as the global head of litigation and disputes for norton rose fulbright with well over 1000 litigators globally. Gerry also served as the head of the regulation, investigations, securities and compliance group of norton rose fulbright handling a vast array of internal and external investigations, defending against disputes with the securities and exchange commission and other regulatory agencies, and defending companies and individuals in a vast array of litigation matters, involving allegations of securities fraud, insider trading, tipping, and accounting irregularities.
  • Gerry has been a litigator for over 45 years handling matters in courts throughout the United States involving complex commercial litigation, energy litigation, securities litigation, antitrust and complex commercial contract disputes.
  • Following law school, Gerry served as the law clerk for the Honorable Carl Rubin, the Chief Judge of the Southern District of Ohio.
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Education and Admissions:

JD, University of Cincinnati College of Law

BA, Georgetown University

Admitted to the Ohio and Texas State Bars

Admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of the United States and various federal courts

Accolades and Recognition
  • Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America, Lawdragon, Inc, 2019 – 2020
  • Judicial AV Preeminent Rankings Award, Legal Ability and Ethical Standards, Martindale Hubbell, 2018-2019
  • Law360, MVP of the Year: Securities, Portfolio Media, Inc., 2015
  • Client Service Super All-Star, BTI Consulting Group Inc., 2011, 2012, 2014
  • 500 Leading Lawyers in America, Lawdragon, 2010-2011, 2014-2015
  • Chambers USA, Texas: Litigation (Securities), Chambers & Partners, 2007 – 2016, 2018-2019 (Band 1 for 2015-2016; 2019), A client regards him to be “an excellent litigator and trial lawyer,” and adds that he is “very bright, very smooth, very persuasive and also very practical.”
  • Chambers USA, Texas: Litigation (Energy & Natural Resources), Chambers & Partners, 2010 – 2013
  • Chambers USA, Texas: Energy & Natural resources (Dispute Resolution), Chambers & Partners, 2005 – 2009
  • Texas Top Rated Lawyer, LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell, 2012 – 2018
  • Legal 500 US, recommended lawyer, Securities: Shareholder Litigation, The Legal 500, 2015-2017
  • Legal 500 US, recommended lawyer, Dispute resolution – Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense, The Legal 500, 2018
  • Legal 500 US, recommended lawyer, Dispute resolution – Securities litigation: defense, The Legal 500, 2018-2019
  • Legal 500 US, recommended lawyer, Dispute resolution – International litigation, The Legal 500, 2016-2019
  • Legal 500 US, recommended lawyer, Energy: Litigation, The Legal 500, 2013
  • Lawyer of the Year, Houston: Corporate Governance Law, Best Lawyers, 2018
  • Local Litigation Star, Benchmark Litigation, Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC, 2016 – 2018
  • The Best Lawyers in America, Best Lawyers, 2008 – 2020
  • Texas Super Lawyer, securities litigation; business litigation; energy & natural resources, Thomson Reuters, 2003 – 2004, 2006 – 2019
  • Texas Super Lawyer, Top 100 Houston lawyer, Thomson Reuters, 2012
  • 100 Lawyers You Need to Know in Securities Litigation, Lawdragon, 2008

“An excellent litigator and trial lawyer… very bright, very smooth, very persuasive and also very practical.”
– Chambers USA