Peter dedicates his practice to the insurance industry, its insureds and private corporations. His practice includes personal injury and products liability litigation, transportation litigation, construction litigation, extra contractual litigation, toxic tort litigation and dram shop litigation.
Following law school, Peter worked as a Deputy Assistant State’s Attorney and later as an Assistant State’s Attorney in the Hartford Judicial District where he prosecuted and tried numerous misdemeanor and felony cases. He successfully prosecuted one of the first cases to be presented under what was then a new statute entitled, “Manslaughter in the Second Degree with a Motor Vehicle.”
Peter entered private practice in 1985 when he joined an established Hartford defense firm, and later joined Litchfield Cavo LLP in 2001.
Practices
- Springdale Donuts, Inc. v. Aetna Cas. & Sur. Co. of IL, 247 Conn. 801 (1999)
- Lucenti v. Laviero, et al., 327 Conn. 764 (2018)
Education
- University of Connecticut, JD, 1978
- Book award for legal writing
- Georgetown University, BS, Business Administration and Economics, 1975, magna cum laude
Admissions
- Connecticut
- United States District Court: District of Connecticut
Associations
- Avon, Connecticut Parks and Recreation Committee, Chairman
Languages
- English
Professional Memberships
- Connecticut Bar Association
- Connecticut Defense Lawyers Association
Honors & Awards
- Rated a BV® Distinguished™ lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell’s peer review rating system
- Selected to the Connecticut Super Lawyers list 2009-2019 in the practice areas of Personal Injury, a designation received by fewer than five percent of attorneys in the state
- Recognized as one of the top attorneys in Connecticut by Connecticut Magazine in February 2014
Recognition
- Rated a BV® Distinguished™ lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell’s peer review rating system
- Included among the Best Lawyers in America© 2021 Edition in the following categories: Insurance Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation and Product Liability Litigation
- Selected to the Connecticut Super Lawyers list 2009-2019 in the practice areas of Personal Injury, a designation received by fewer than five percent of attorneys in the state
- Recognized as one of the top attorneys in Connecticut by Connecticut Magazine in February 2014