Overview
Peter is a partner and leads the Personal Injury Practice Team. His practice focuses on business litigation defense (FSLA, Product Liability Defense, Malpractice Defense) as well as significant experience in personal injury, wrongful death, auto and trucking litigation. Peter is certified in Alternative Dispute Resolution for practice in the U.S. District Court for Western District of Michigan and in Michigan circuit courts.
Leadership
Honors & Recognitions
Benchmark Plaintiffs, leading Plaintiffs star in Michigan, 2012
Best Lawyers in America®, Litigation, Banking & Finance; Intellectual Property; Labor and Employment; since 2013
Leading Lawyers, Commercial Litigation
Martindale-Hubbell® AV Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated
Professional Affiliations
Business Counsel, Inc., Board of Directors
Sixth Circuit Judicial Conference, lifetime member
State Bar of Michigan, Litigation Section
News & Publications
News
Publications
Practice Areas
- Alternate Dispute Resolution
- Arbitration
- Facilitative Mediation
- Litigation and Trial
- Product Liability and Warranty Defense
- Personal Injury
- Automobile and Trucking Accidents
- Burn Injury
- Premises Liability
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Construction Law
- Animal Attacks
- Boating and Recreational Vehicle Accidents
- Construction Accidents
- Defective Products
- Nursing Home and Adult Foster Care
- Spinal Cord Injury
- Wrongful Death
Education
Wayne State University School of Law
Detroit, Michigan
J.D., cum laude, 1977
Calvin College
Grand Rapids, Michigan
B.A., English, cum laude, 1974
Bar Admissions
- Michigan
Court Admissions
- All Michigan state courts
- United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
- United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan
- United States Supreme Court