Peter is a partner at Pierce Atwood LLP and heads the firm's Privacy & Data Security practice. He has extensive experience in the areas of intellectual property, information technology, privacy and cyber security. Before joining Pierce Atwood in February 2000, Peter served as Intellectual Property and Technology Counsel in the Legal Division of Unum Group (NYSE: UNM), a Fortune 500 company and the world's leading disability insurer. Early in his career, Peter practiced law with the Wall Street firm Chadbourne & Parke LLP in New York.
Peter is listed in The Best Lawyers in America® for Copyright Law, Trademark Law, and Litigation-Intellectual Property. He is a Certified Information Privacy Professional/United States (CIPP/US), International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP). He has been an adjunct professor at the University of Maine Law School for many years and recently joined the faculty (part time) as a Visiting Professor of Practice, teaching information privacy law and cyber security and assisting with building out the Law School’s information privacy law program. Peter serves as Co-chair of the IAPP’s Northern New England KnowledgeNet.
Peter recently authored the chapter on the Electronic Communications and Privacy Act in the book entitled Data Security and Privacy in Massachusetts. Published by the MCLE Press, the book was honored in July 2016 with a top award by the Association for Continuing Legal Education (ACLEA). Called “outstanding” by ACLEA’s judges, and praised for its comprehensive coverage and substantive excellence, the book is being recognized as among ACLEA’s best publications for 2016.
Peter received his J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School and his B.A. from Rutgers College, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa.