Stevens & Lee : Professionals : Renardo L. Hicks

Rick concentrates his practice in litigation and public utility matters. He represents corporate clients and their officers in white collar defense and corporate investigations, and telecommunications, water, gas and electric utilities and other companies in matters before governmental and regulatory agencies and state and federal courts.

Rick also works with clients on legislative matters, vendor and supplier diversity issues and minority and women-owned business certification. He has filed comments with the Pennsylvania State Gaming Board concerning vendor licensing requirements on behalf of The Pennsylvania Minority Business Development Center, The Minority Supplier Development Council of Pennsylvania-New Jersey-Delaware, The Greater Philadelphia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, The African American Chamber of Commerce of Western Pennsylvania and The Pittsburgh Regional Minority Purchasing Council. He also filed comments with the Pennsylvania State Gaming Board concerning diversity participation and diversity plans required under the Pennsylvania gaming law.

Prior to joining Stevens & Lee, Rick served as Regional Vice President and Regulatory Counsel for XO Communications, Inc., where he handled the design, implementation and administration of regulatory, legal and external affairs functions for a seven-state region, and also served as a lobbyist.

Rick has also held several positions within the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General, including Director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection and Executive Deputy Attorney General in charge of the Public Protection Division, where he led one of three Divisions within the Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office and had more that 30 agents and 20 attorneys reporting to him.

He is a recognized authority on identity theft and for the past several years has been an Instructor of the Pennsylvania Bar Institute, teaching Continuing Legal Education courses in identity theft.

Rick serves as an Adjunct Professor at Widener University School of Law in Harrisburg, where he teaches courses in business organizations, telecommunications law and policy and consumer protection law.

Education:
Temple University School of Law, LL.M. in Clinical Legal Education, 1985
Northeastern University School of Law, J.D., 1983
Hamilton College, B.A., 1977
Central Pennsylvania College, Honorary L.H.D., 2009

Court Admissions:
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Professional Associations/Civic Affiliations:
Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission’s Consumer Advisory Council, Chairman
Pennsylvania Bar Association
Keystone Bar Association
United Way of Pennsylvania, Board of Directors
Capital Region Economic Development Corporation Loan Review Committee