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As a second career, Peter’s law practice started in 2005 as a law clerk to the Honorable Robert Jones, Bankruptcy Judge for the Northern District of Texas in Lubbock. Peter’s litigation practice has covered bank fraud, lending transactions, real estate transactions, probate, and bankruptcy and general commercial litigation. Prior to law school, Peter was a computer programmer with numerous professional certifications and was the director of the Austin, Texas office for a small consulting firm.
Subject Matter Experience
- Represent energy industry client in federal court on trade secret and shareholder litigation.
- Evaluation and negotiation of disputed contracts and terms; negotiation and drafting of settlement terms and contracts.
- Assist clients to evaluate the merits and risks of their existing and/or potential cases before and during the litigation process in order to proceed in the most efficient and effective direction.
- Successfully litigated a variety of commercial disputes including $1 million credit card fraud, federal and state securities violations, employment disputes, and various contract disputes.
- Drafts pleadings and briefings before several intermediate courts of appeal and the Texas Supreme Court.
Bar Admissions
- U.S. District Court for the Northern, Southern, and Eastern Districts of Texas
- State Bar of Texas, 2005
Education
- Texas Tech University School of Law, 2005, magna cum laude.
- Texas A&M University, BBA Management.
Publications
- Capturing Rainfall for Municipal Use – Stormwater Journal, May/June 2005; Presented to the International Center for Arid and Semiarid Land Studies, November 2006;
- Use of Deposition Testimony in Bankruptcy Litigation – co-authored for Bankruptcy Litigation: Advanced Pre-Trial Practice and Procedure Workshop, January 2009;
- Piercing the Corporate Veil in Bankruptcy Litigation, August 2011, Dallas Bar Association Headnotes.