Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2007 
After more than 45 years practicing as a litigator, outside general counsel, mediator, and arbitrator, Peter now devotes most of his time to serving as a mediator, settlement counsel, and arbitrator while continuing to serve as outside general counsel to a long-time client.
In 2019, Peter founded the Early Dispute Resolution Institute, which now partners with the American Arbitration Association (AAA) in its EDR Mediation program (https://www.adr.org/panel/edr-panel/). He authored the original Early Dispute Resolution Protocols, now known as the Guidelines (https://edrinstitute.org/guidelines), teaches the process nationally to litigators, general counsel, and neutrals, and uses it in all his mediations. He also teaches a seminar on early dispute resolution at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law.
Peter has been an active arbitrator since 1986 and a mediator since 1990. He is a Fellow of the College of Commercial Arbitrators, a panelist on the AAA’s EDR and general mediation panels, and a panelist on the AAA's Large, Complex Case and Franchise Panels, as well as the CPR panel. He was the first-appointed sole United States arbitrator on the Chair/Sole Arbitrator Panel of the EU-based International Distribution Institute, which offered expedited arbitration for international distribution and franchising disputes. He is also a member of the National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals.
Apart from the law, he served on Toledo City Council, the Toledo School Board, and the inaugural Ohio Casino Commission, and was President of an ag biotech company. He is now a member of the Shalem College International Board of Governors.
