Elliot R. Peters

Elliot R. Peters
Born Elliot R. Peters
(1958-04-17) April 17, 1958
New York City, New York
Residence
Alma mater St. Paul’s School
Yale University
New York University School of Law
Occupation Partner at Keker & Van Nest LLP
Website Official website

Elliot R. Peters is a trial attorney at San Francisco law firm Keker & Van Nest LLP, who frequently works on cases of national significance.[1] He led the defenses of internet activist Aaron Swartz[2][3][4] and cyclist Lance Armstrong.[5][6] He represented the Major League Baseball Players Association in successfully challenging DOJ seizures of baseball players’ drug testing records, in the seminal computer search case, United States v Comprehensive Drug Testing, 579 F.3d 989 (2009). He has also defended financier Frank Quattrone, securities litigator William Lerach and CEO Bruce Karatz.[7] He has represented top international law firms defending malpractice claims and technology companies defending intellectual property claims. Elliot has been named “Attorney of the Year” in California three times, twice for freeing indigent men, serving life sentences for murder, but whose convictions were wrongful and who were actually innocent.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "A Lawyer's Holiday. Elliot Peters". Huffington Post. 2013-08-21.
  2. ↑ "Swartz gets high-powered attorneys - The Tech". Tech.mit.edu. 2012-11-02. Retrieved 2013-10-13.
  3. ↑ "The Internet's Own Boy: Film on Aaron Swartz Captures Late Activist's Struggle for Online Freedom". www.democracynow.org. 2014-01-21.
  4. ↑ "Aaron Swartz's Father Calls for U.S. Legal Reforms Ahead of MIT Report. Sam Gustin". Time Magazine. 2013-05-10.
  5. ↑ Calhoun, Patricia (2013-03-11). "Lance Armstrong's host for anti-doping meeting before fall from grace? Bill Ritter". Blogs.westword.com. Retrieved 2013-10-13.
  6. ↑ "Lance Armstrong will not face charges as federal doping investigation is shut down. Amy Shipley". Washington Post. 2012-02-03.
  7. ↑ "Karatz Gets Five Years' Probation in KB Home Backdating Case - Edvard Pettersson and Tori Richards". Bloomberg Business. 2010-10-10.
  8. ↑ "Inmate exonerated in '06 shooting - Demian Bulwa". SFGate. 2013-02-22.

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