Overview

Peter is the Office Managing Member of the Firm's West Palm Beach office and serves on the Firm's Board of Directors. Peter is experienced in all areas of commercial and business litigation. He focuses on complex commercial litigation matters, representing both plaintiffs and defendants in contract disputes, partnership disputes, shareholder disputes, claims for legal and accounting malpractice, construction litigation, employment litigation, real estate litigation, landlord/tenant matters, business torts, and claims involving Estates and Trusts. Peter also has extensive experience representing local and national lenders in loan restructuring, foreclosures, receiverships, and in defense of a wide variety lender liability claims. Peter is also the former chair of the Trust and Estate Litigation Practice Group. Peter served as general counsel to a sports management group and in connection therewith has had extensive experience in the negotiation of endorsement agreements for professional athletes, and the negotiation and preparation of endorsement agreements for an array of players on the PGA and Champions Golf Tours. Peter has discreetly handled sensitive legal matters for professional golfers and has assisted professional athletes in structuring their business affairs. Peter also provides general business advice and currently serves as outside general counsel to a number of companies. 

Peter earned a J.D. from Nova Southeastern University in 1992. He received a B.A. from the University of Florida in 1988.

Honors & Recognition

South Florida Legal Guide's "Top Lawyer" (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020)

Sustained Excellence in Sports Law - USA & Best Commercial Litigation Practice – Florida, AI M&A Awards (2015)

International M&A awards: Excellence in Florida Business Litigation (2015)

Selected for inclusion in Florida Super Lawyers (2007, 2009, 2010, 2012-2015, 2017-2024) – Only five percent of the lawyers in the state were selected

Selected for inclusion in the Corporate Counsel Edition of Super Lawyers for Litigation

Listed in Strathmore's Who's Who (2004)

Named one of the Best Lawyers in America (2011-2024)

Honored as a Lawyer of the Year in Construction Law by Best Lawyers (2020, 2023)

Selected for inclusion as a Top Lawyer in South Florida by the Wall Street Journal (2011, 2012, 2015, 2019-2022)

Selected among Top Attorneys in Florida and Florida Legal Leader in the Miami Herald (2015)

Judicial Edition AV Preeminent Rating by Martindale-Hubbell® (2024)

Credentials

Education

Nova Southeastern University

University of Florida

Admissions – Court

Admissions – State

Professional & Civic

Professional Activities

The Florida Bar

Palm Beach County Bar Association

Community Involvement

​Probate/Guardianship Practice Committee, Palm Beach County Bar Association

Past Regional Board Member of The Anti-Defamation League

Graduate of the 1999-2000 Steinberg Leadership Institute

Chairman of the 2000-2001 Steinberg Leadership Institute

Leukemia Society of America’s 1995 Brooks Brothers Man of the Year

Ambassador for the Honda Classic

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Events

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