Profile

Josephine Hicks is a trial lawyer with 25 years’ experience in litigating disputes for a wide range of clients, including public utilities, manufacturers and distributors, chemical companies, and other businesses.

Ms. Hicks served as law clerk to the Honorable Harry W. Wellford of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in 1986-87.

While at Vanderbilt University School of Law, Ms. Hicks was the Senior Student Writing Editor of the Vanderbilt Law Review.

Ms. Hicks has been the Chair of the Parker Poe Diversity Committee since 2008.

Experience Highlights

Ms. Hicks represents and advises clients on a broad range of issues, including:

• Insurance coverage disputes, including disputes over coverage for environmental related claims, construction disputes, general liability claims and "stop loss" insurance for health benefit plans
• Products liability, industrial accidents and premises liability, including asbestos exposure claims
• Breach of contract and commercial disputes
• Defense of personal injury, death and property damage claims
• Damage claims unique to the defense of public utilities

News

• Forty-Four Parker Poe Attorneys Named 2013 NC Super Lawyers
  January 18, 2013
• 74 Parker Poe Attorneys Recognized as Best Lawyers® for 2013
  August 23, 2012
• Josephine Hicks Receives Independent Publisher Book Award
  May 10, 2012
• Forty-Two Parker Poe Attorneys Named as 2012 NC Super Lawyers
  January 20, 2012
• 69 Parker Poe Attorneys Recognized as Best Lawyers® for 2012
  September 6, 2011
• Thirty-Seven Parker Poe Attorneys Named NC Super Lawyers for 2011
  January 25, 2011
• 61 Parker Poe Attorneys Recognized as Best Lawyers® for 2011
  August 18, 2010
• 55 Parker Poe Attorneys Recognized as Best Lawyers®
  July 30, 2009
• Parker Poe Increases Number of Attorneys Recognized as Best Lawyers in America
  October 1, 2008
• More than 50 Parker Poe Attorneys among Business Leader's Top Lawyers
  September 24, 2008
• 2007 Large Verdicts and Settlements in North Carolina
  Liability Alert
  April 30, 2008
• Know When to Hold'em & When Do You Have a Duty to Preserve Evidence?
  Liability Alert
  April 30, 2008
• Litigation Holds, A Quick Primer and Practical Tips
  Liability Alert
  April 30, 2008
• Twenty-One Parker Poe Attorneys Among "Legal Elite" for 2008
  January 14, 2008
• 40 Parker Poe Attorneys Named Among 2008 Best Lawyers in America
  September 14, 2007
• Right to Select Counsel When the Insurance Company is Providing a Defense
  Coverage Concerns
  April 10, 2007
• Additional Insureds: Does Coverage Depend on Whether the Additional Insured was Negligent?
  Coverage Concerns
  April 10, 2007
• Insurer - Insured - Attorney: Are Communications with my Lawyer Privileged
  Coverage Concerns
  April 10, 2007
• Stub Policies: A Little Extra Time on the Risk May Mean A Lot More Money for the Policyholder
  Coverage Concerns
  April 10, 2007
• Parker Poe Attorneys Named to Best Lawyers in America
  September 12, 2006
• Discovery in the Electronic Information Age Part II
  March 13, 2006
• Discovery in the Electronic Information Age
  March 2, 2006
• Upcoming Seminars: Electronic Discovery
  February 22, 2006
• When Does Damage “Occur” for Insurance Purposes? – Two Recent Cases from the North Carolina Court of Appeals
  Coverage Concerns
  August 3, 2005
• Insurance and Business Claims Top the List of Large Verdicts and Settlements in North Carolina
  Liability Alert
  April 26, 2005
• Tort Reform in South Carolina
  Liability Alert
  April 26, 2005
• North Carolina Rejects Daubert, But Has Anything Really Changed?
  Liability Alert
  April 26, 2005
• North Carolina Courts Graded on Fairness
  Liability Alert
  April 26, 2005
• New Precedent in South Carolina on Environmental Cleanup Costs as "Damages" for Insurance Purposes and a New Understanding of the "Sudden and Accidental"
  Coverage Concerns
  February 10, 2005
• Computer Virus Ruled an "Accident" and "Physical Loss" for Insurance Purposes
  Coverage Concerns
  February 10, 2005
• You Are an Additional Insured. Are You Covered?
  Coverage Concerns
  February 10, 2005
• Business Misconduct Claims Continue to Top the List of Largest Recoveries in North Carolina
  Liability Alert
  June 4, 2004
• Think Twice Before Hitting "Delete"
  Liability Alert
  June 4, 2004
• Woodson Update – Recent Cases Confirm High Standard for Plaintiffs
  Liability Alert
  June 4, 2004
• Did You Hear . . .
  Liability Alert
  June 4, 2004
• Court Rules that Damage to Computer Software is "Not Physical Damage to Tangible Property"
  Coverage Concerns
  February 26, 2004
• New Insurance Policies Provide Added Protection for Directors and Officers
  September 10, 2003
• D&O Coverage in the Post-Enron World
  February 20, 2003

Events & Speaking Engagements

• Parker Poe Hosts CLE on October 24
  October 24, 2011
  Charlotte, NC
• Coverage Under Pollution Liability Policies
  March 2009
  Emerging Liabilities (ABA ICLC)
• Insurance Coverage Litigation, Presenter
  December 2008
  Choice of Law
• Stub Policies: A Little More Time May Mean A Lot More Coverage
  March 2006
  ABA Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee Conference
• Preparing for Electronic Discovery
  January 2006
  Electronic Discovery Conference

Publications

“Spread of Electronic Documents Adds to Discovery,” Charlotte Business Journal, March 17, 2006

"Trigger of Coverage for Property Damage Insurance Claims in North Carolina – What's the Latest?" North Carolina Lawyers Weekly, May 2005

"Insurance 101: Choice of Law in Insurance Coverage Disputes," Coverage magazine, May/June 2009

Memberships

• Anglican Consultative Council
  Lay representative from the United States, 2005-2012
• Episcopal Church
  Episcopal Relief & Development Board, 2011-2014; Executive Council, the board of the national church, 2003-2009
• American Bar Association
  Co-Chair, Insurance Coverage Litigation Section Construction Subcommittee
• Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP
  Chair, Diversity Committee