Peter earned his bachelors degree from Knox College and a law degree from the University of Cincinnati College of Law. He is admitted in Ohio, the District of Columbia, and Virginia, as well as before the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Northern Districts of Ohio, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, the U.S. District Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the U.S. Supreme Court. His practice emphasizes transactional, commercial, real property, securities, business litigation; financial, employment, construction, personal injury, wrongful death matters, and complex litigation in these disciplines. Peter is a member of the American, Ohio State, and Dayton Bar Associations, as well as the Ohio Association of Trial Lawyers and Miami Valley Trial Lawyers Association. He is a Master of the Carl D. Kessler Inn of Court, an organization of trial counsel and judges. He has served on the national panel for the American Arbitration Association, and the Common Pleas Court, FINRA, and the New York Stock Exchange. He is trained and certified as a Mediator and mediates frequently for the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. Peter is also active in both the Greater Dayton Volunteer Lawyers Project and the Dayton Bar Association Lawyer Referral Service.