Peter W. Scalisi
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Email: LawOffPS@aol.com

Practice Areas: Criminal Law.

Admitted: 1979, California; 1980, U.S. District Court, Central District of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1981, U.S. District Court, Southern District of California and U.S. Tax Court; 1984, U.S. Supreme Court; 1992, U.S. District Court, District of Arizona; 1996, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California; 1997, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California

Law School: Southwestern University School of Law, J.D., 1979

College: Claremont McKenna College, B.A., cum laude, 1976

Member: Riverside County and Federal (Inland Empire Chapter) Bar Associations; State Bar of California; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; California Attorneys for Criminal Justice; California Public Defenders Association.

Biography: Author: "It's A Federal Investigation-How Do You Advise Your Client?", Journal of the Riverside County Bar Association, October, 1998; "The Federal Criminal Lawyer," Journal of the Federal Bar Association-Inland Empire Chapter, Summer, 1998; "Continuing Criminal Enterprise," Journal of the Riverside County Bar Association, November, 1999. Lecturer: "Jury Selection in Death- Penalty Trials," Annual Death-Penalty Conference, Monterey, California; "Special Issues in Multiple Defendant Death-Penalty Trials," Annual Death-Penalty Conference, Monterey, California; "Batson Motions In Death-Penalty Trials," Annual Death-Penalty Conference, Monterey, California; "Handling Federal and State Death Penalty Cases," Federal Bar Association, Inland-Empire Chapter; "Federal Criminal Practice and Procedure," Federal Criminal Defense Panel, U.S. District Court, Central District of California, Eastern Division; "Cross-Examination," Criminal Courts Bar Association, County of Riverside; "Jury Selection in Criminal Trials," Criminal Defense Lawyers Group, County of Riverside; "Prosecutorial Misconduct," Criminal Courts Bar Association, County of Riverside; "Batson-Wheeler Motions During Jury Selection," California Attorneys For Criminal Justice, Palm Springs, California and California Attorneys for Criminal Justice Annual Seminar, San Francisco, California; "Death Penalty Litigation-A Federal and State Comparison," Federal Bar Association, Inland-Empire Chapter. Deputy District Attorney, County of Riverside, 1980-1985. Deputy Public Defender, County of Orange, 1985. Partner, Law Offices of Michael R. McDonnell, Inc., La Habra, California, 1985-1993 (Practice limited to criminal defense in all state and federal courts). President, Criminal Courts Bar Association, County of Riverside. Co-Chairperson and Founding Member, Federal Criminal Defense Panel, U.S. District Court, Central District of California, Riverside Division. Member, Management Committee, Criminal Defense Panel, Riverside County Courts. Founding Member and Treasurer, Board of Directors, Federal Bar Association-Inland Empire Chapter. Member of the Magistrate Judge Merit Selection Panel, U.S. District Court, Central District of California. Chairman, Criminal Law Advisory Commission, State Bar of California, Board of Legal Specialization. Member, Steering Committee, Annual Death-Penalty Conference, Monterey, California. Instructor, "Federal Criminal Defense Practice," Federal Bar Association-Inland Empire Chapter. Adjunct Professor: Criminal Law, Riverside City College; Criminal Justice, Graduate Division, California State University at Long Beach, California. Lifetime Teaching Credential in Law. Congressional Intern, U.S. House of Representatives. (Certified Specialist, Criminal Law, The State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization)

Born: Los Angeles, California, September 17, 1954

ISLN: 904015377