Peter Ricoy, an attorney in the Portland office of Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, was recently elected to serve as the 2012 president of the Oregon Hispanic Bar Association (OHBA).

The OHBA represents the voice of Latinos in Oregon’s legal community. It operates in Oregon to encourage Latinos to become attorneys, retain Latino legal professionals, raise the awareness of Latino legal issues, and support Latino law students and attorneys. Ricoy has been a long-time board member for the OHBA and is also a member of the Hispanic National Bar Association.

Ricoy focuses his practice in the area of health care law, privacy, insurance regulation, and general corporate and business transactions. He advises clients on a variety of matters, including issues related to health care reform under the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the Stark and Anti-Kickback Statutes, Medicare, Medicaid, reimbursement, HIPAA, COBRA, and ERISA health plan matters. Ricoy graduated from Lewis & Clark Law School with a juris doctor degree.