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.
"The life of the law has not been logic; it has been experience." ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
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
