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Peter's practice emphasizes commercial litigation in state and federal courts. He also has significant experience in commercial and real estate transactions.
Notable trial experiences include:
A defense verdict and an award of attorney's fees against the plaintiff in a fraud and breach of contract class-action claim against a homebuilder
A defense verdict in favor of a Fortune 500 manufacturer in a products liability lawsuit filed by a Colorado municipality
A multi-million dollar settlement obtained for a Denver advertising company in a federal copyright infringement and breach of contract lawsuit
Defense verdicts in series of cases involving a failed fast food restaurant franchise
Extensive experience in real property cases involving issues of fraudulent conveyances, adverse possession, prescriptive easements, specific performance, mechanic's liens other title disputes
As a commercial lawyer, Peter has been the lead lawyer in the following transactions:
Asset sale of an eighteen-store chain of sporting goods stores
Stock sale of a Minnesota manufacturing company
Purchase of a number of commercial printing companies for a national consolidator
Purchase and sale, under a variety of structures, of numerous Colorado businesses
Drafting and enforcement of numerous commercial real estate leases
Lead counsel for the wind-up of a 90-store national equipment rental company
Served as reorganization and wind-up counsel for several law firms and businesses
Peter is active in a variety of pro bono and community activities. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Geneva Glen Camp. He is married to Gina and is the father of Patrick, Brian, and Lisa.
Education: Georgetown University (B.S.F.S., 1978); University of Heidelberg (Cert., 1978); University of Denver (J.D., 1981) (Staff Member, Denver Law Journal, 1980-1981; Managing Editor, Denver Journal of International Law and Policy, 1980-1981); Hastings College of Trial Advocacy (Cert., 1987)
Bar Admissions: Colorado; United States District Court for the District of Colorado; Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals; admitted pro hac vice in the United States District Court for the District of Wyoming, Massachusetts, and Texas; United States Supreme Court
Professional Associations: Denver and Colorado Bar Associations
Publication: The Passage of Patent Rights Upon Merger, 58 DEN. L. J. 181 (1980); The Refugee Act of 1980, 10 DENVER JOURNAL OF INT’L LAW & POLICY 155 (1980); Global Management of the Environment, Ch. 8, WORLD CLIMATE CHANGE, THE ROLE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW AND INSTITUTIONS (Westview Press, 1983); 1987 ALTA Insurance Revisions: An Owner’s Perspective, Parts I & II, COLORADO LAWYER, April and May, 1988. | 