With more than 40 years of experience, Peter serves as an arbitrator and mediator and continues to practice in the areas of commercial litigation and general business counsel. He is outside general counsel to an industry-leading beverage producer, and has a specialty in franchising and distribution.
Peter has been an active arbitrator since 1986 and a mediator since 1990. He is a fellow of the Commercial College of Arbitrators, a member of the American Arbitration Association Large, Complex Case Arbitration Panel, the CPR arbitration panel, and the Ohio Chapter of the National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals. He was the first United States arbitrator appointed to the Chair/Sole Arbitrator Panel of the European Union-based International Distribution Institute, which offers expedited arbitration for international distribution and franchising disputes. He founded and is a trustee of the Early Dispute Resolution Institute (edrinstitute.org). He formerly chaired the Early Dispute Resolution Committee of the American Bar Association Section of Dispute Resolution and the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Committee of the American Bar Association Franchising Forum. He teaches seminars for lawyers nationwide, teaches a seminar on early dispute resolution as Adjunct Faculty at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, and writes widely on alternative dispute resolution.
Peter also has wide business experience. From 2013 to 2016, Peter was an active partner in the Oasis restaurant chain, which was elected to the Northwest Ohio Entrepreneurial & Business Excellence Hall of Fame in 2014. Between 2004 and 2010, Peter owned and was President of Hi-Genomics, a biotechnology company that genetically transformed plants. Committed to helping entrepreneurial businesses, he received the 1989 Ernst and Young/Inc. Magazine Entrepreneur of the Year Award for his work in helping business owners start and grow their businesses. In addition, Peter is an individual member of The University of Toledo and Bowling Green State University Entrepreneurial & Business Excellence Hall of Fame.
Peter also served two terms on the Toledo City Council, two terms on the Toledo School Board, and served one term on the initial Ohio Casino Commission.
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