Honors and Awards:

• AV Rated, Martindale-Hubbell; Listed in Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers (Eminent Domain, Real Estate), Martindale-Hubbell
• Elected as Member of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), Member, American Board of Trial Advocates, 2010
• Profiled in Southern California Legal section of November, 2011 Forbes Magazine, Forbes Magazine, 2011

Bar/Professional Activity:

• Member, Real Property Section, Los Angeles County Bar Association
• Member, Committee on Condemnation and Land Valuation, Los Angeles County Bar Association
• State Bar of California, Real Property Section, Member
• International Right of Way Association, Member
• Los Angeles County Bar Association, Member
• American Bar Association, Member
• Los Angeles County Bar Association, Condemnation and Land Use Committee, Member
• United States District Court Central District of California, 1981
• California, 1981
• United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1982
• United States Court of Federal Claims, 1994
• United States District Court Eastern District of California, 1994
• United States District Court Northern District of California, 1994
• United States District Court Southern District of California, 1994

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

• Mr. Peterson has been a featured speaker on eminent domain in several broadcast media segments, including Marketplace on National Public Radio, Patt Morrison's KPCC radio show, and a KNBC news segment on inverse condemnation. He has been quoted in the Los Angeles Times and in the Los Angeles Business Journal in articles involving his cases

Verdicts and Settlements:

• $3.7 million for property, goodwill and relocation benefits for owner in City of Long Beach, acting by and through its Board of Harbor Commissioners vs. Seymour Waterman and Betty Joyce Waterman, Waterman Supply Company et al.
• $4.7 million for property, goodwill and relocation of business in City of Los Angeles vs. Southwestern Properties, LLC, Metropolis Manufacturing, Inc. dba Vaughn Benz, et al.
• $1.54 million for owner in Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority (ACTA) vs. Moises Z. Rugerio
• $3.95 million for owner in Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority (ACTA) vs. Fuel Engineering Corporation
• $2.875 million for owner in Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Los Angeles (CRA) vs. Stewart-Coss Partnership
• $4.39 million for owner in Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Los Angeles vs. Z. Patrick Berberian and California Arts Products
• $1.425 million for owner in Housing Authority of the City of Burbank vs. Linda D. Reinoso et al.
• $2.25 million Settlment for owner in Livermore Valley Unified School District vs. Wilson Family Funeral Chapel, et al.
• Represented downslope owner of property that was substantially inundated by a landslide due to historically unstable hillside and modern alterations. Resolution included payment to client to effectuate repairs benefiting both upslope and downslope properties
• Represented several single family homeowners that suffered differential settlement and resulting structural damage due to inadequate municipal drainage, consolidation and earth movement and resulting loss of support. Resolution included a buyout of one substantially damaged property and compensation to owners in other cases to address repair requirements.
•  Represented hilltop single family home that suffered loss of substantial yard area due to landslide caused by fill soil instability. Resolution included buyout of property.
• Represented the owner of a bluff-top, ocean view estate that was substantially damaged due to loss of support caused by a road cut at the toe of the slope. After trial, the court awarded in excess of $3,000,000 as damages
• Represented adjacent single family homes downslope from a landslide that resulted in water and soil inundation and structural displacement of their homes. Damage caused by historic instability of hillside and water intrusion from utility conduits. Resolution included warranted hillside repair and structural repairs.
• $7.7 million for R.F. Wilton (Frank Fargo Tire & Rubber Co., Inc.) adv. Los Angeles Unified School District
• $10.5 million jury verdict for Watson Land Company adv. Carson Redevelopment Agency, Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. BC154293, 1997
• $4.0 million jury verdict (augmented by post-appeal fee award) for Berkett, et al adv. Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles Superior Court Case. No. BC202061;, 2000
• $3.4 million jury verdict for Berberian adv. Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. BC29538, 2004
• $4.7 million judgment after bench trial (including awarded attorneys and expert fees)-Torino vs. City of Palos Verdes Estates, Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. BC277184, 2005
• $11.0 million settlement, Rikuo Corporation adv. City of Gardena, Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. BC317913, 2006
• $6.0 million post-trial, post-appeal settlement for Richland Pinehurst et al vs. City of Chino Hills et al, San Bernardino County Superior Court Case No. RCVRS063815, 2007
• $7.1 million settlement for PDW Lighting, Inc. adv Los Angeles Unified School District, Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 384555, 2009
• $13.5 million settlement for Alex Meruelo, Trustee adv. City of Pico Rivera, Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. BC409849, 2009
• $2,925,000 result for owner of property acquired and printing business relocated for a school project. Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. BC413083., 2010
• $28 million settlement for Los Angeles By-Products Co. adv Los Angeles County Flood Control District, Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. BC390776, 2010

Transactions:

• $2.0 million relocation benefit negotiated for a metal stamping business, including a determination of consequential displacment, related to a freeway widening project., 2010
• $1.4 million negotiated transaction for sale of property acquired for a road widening project and relocaton benefits for locksmith business compared to original offer of $978,595. , 2010

Other Outstanding Achievements:

• Elected as Member, American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), 2010
• Selected for study group of attorneys featured in How Leading Lawyers Think, by Randall Kiser (Springer Science + Business Media, 2011), 2011

Educational Background:

• University of California, Los Angeles, B.A. Economics, Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 1978