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D. Alicia Hickok is an associate in the Commercial Litigation Practice Group. She joined the firm in 2002 following a clerkship with the Honorable Marjorie O. Rendell on the Third Circuit Court of Appeals.
Alicia has participated in state and federal court appeals and has contributed to several amicus briefs before the United States Supreme Court. She currently serves as Deputy Counsel to the Pennsylvania Appellate Court Procedural Rules Committee. She has been a panelist and prepared materials for seminars in Pennsylvania appellate practice.
Alicia has built upon her pre-law economic antitrust research experience with N/E/R/A to evaluate complex litigation questions at the trial level as well as on appeal. She is currently defending clients against claims of unjust enrichment, consumer fraud and breach of fiduciary duty, among others. She is also protecting the interest of clients who have been victims of legal malpractice and unfair billing, unfair treatment of shareholder interests, and trademark infringement.
In General. Alicia is a member of the firm's Public Interest Committee. She has been listed in multiple Who's Who Publications. Her ABA involvement includes membership in the Antitrust Section, the International Section and its International Antitrust Committee, and the Litigation Section and its Appellate and Antitrust Litigation Committees. Alicia is Chair of the Membership Subcommittee and Co-Chair of the Publications Subcommittee of the Antitrust Litigation Committee.
Alicia received her bachelor's degree with honors cum laude in international affairs from Texas Christian University and graduated cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. During law school she was technology editor for the University of Pennsylvania Law Review and competed on the Jessup International Moot Court Team. She was a teaching assistant for a Penn undergraduate course in law and philosophy. She assisted Professor Graeme B. Dinwoodie with research for "The Development and Incorporation of International Norms in the Formation of Copyright Law" published in the Ohio State Law Journal and "A New Copyright Order: Why National Courts Should Create Global Norms," published in The University of Pennsylvania Law Review. Alfred Putnam and Alicia are co-authors of "Should I Appeal? Ethical and Practical Issues," Chapter 4 of PBI Thid Circuit Appellate Practice Manual (2006), edited by James C. Martin and Nancy Winkelman. She has also contributed to the firm's Antitrust Update. | 