Peter B. Sinclair
Partner

Education:
▪ College of William and Mary
   Williamsburg, VA, 2000
▪ University of Michigan Law School
   Ann Arbor, MI, 2003

Bar Admission:
▪ California, 2003
▪ US District Court
   Southern District of California, 2003
▪ US District Court
​▪ US Court of Appeals
   Ninth Circuit, 2007
   Central District of California, 2009
▪ US District Court
   Eastern District of California, 2012
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"The life of the law has not been logic; it has been experience."
~ Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

​Peter focuses his practice on business related matters, including effecting business formations and dissolutions; drafting, negotiating, and reviewing corporate documents and contracts; assisting with regulatory and compliance matters; steering mergers and acquisitions; and advising on all other types of business transaction. Peter has extensive experience in all aspects of telecommunications law, non-profit law, and business litigation.

Peter is also the managing partner of the firm's mediation department. Trained in facilitative and evaluative methods of mediation through the American Arbitration Association's "Mediation Training for Lawyers and Working Professionals," Peter specializes in mediating business matters and other disputes giving rise to civil litigation. 

Prior to co-founding Clerkin, Sinclair & Mahfouz LLP, Peter was In-House Counsel for Nobel Limited Company, a telecommunications carrier, where he was responsible for managing Legal Department activities and staff. At Nobel he coordinated legal actions globally. Serving as the company's conduit for all legal tasks and questions, Peter drafted and reviewed agreements and other legal documents, and was responsible for researching regulatory issues and implementing company policies. Peter directed the company's international expansion, coordinating with multiple attorneys and law firms worldwide. When the need arose, he also filed lawsuits and conducted negotiations on behalf of the company.