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Education
JD, University of California, Berkeley
BA, Harvard College

Bar Associations
Pennsylvania and Philadelphia Bar Associations
American Association for Justice Pennsylvania Association for Justice
Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association
National Lawyers Guild

Peter Patton is a Senior Partner in the law firm of Galfand Berger. With decades of trial experience, Peter has won some of Galfand Berger's largest jury verdicts. His trial experience across Pennsylvania has helped achieve multi-million settlements in products liability and construction accident cases. Although Peter has a busy trial practice, he strives to provide personal attention to each of his clients.

He received a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Harvard College and a Juris Doctor from University of California, Berkeley, where he was awarded the American Jurisprudence Award for Professional Responsibility. After graduating, he then served as Staff Law Clerk of the United States Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, Richmond, Virginia before joining the firm's litigation department. Peter's practice is concentrated in the fields of products' liability, construction and vehicular accidents.

Peter has received an "AV" rating from Martindale-Hubble, the highest rating an attorney can achieve. Peter is also listed in the Bar Register of Pre-eminent lawyers. Peter has obtained multiple million-dollar verdicts and settlements and has been certified as a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum. His cases have been the subject of some twenty published judicial opinions.

Peter has published articles in professional journals and texts. He is active in the brain injury field and has developed experience in representing survivors of brain injury. He is a member of the Brain Injury Association, System Safety Society and Peter holds membership in the Pennsylvania and Philadelphia Bar Associations, the American Association for Justice, the Pennsylvania Association for Justice, the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association, and the National Lawyers Guild. A former Retail Workers Union member, he has lectured on products liability and construction injury topics before labor organizations as well as other varied groups.