Peter has been defending the rights of police officers, correctional officers, firefighters, and municipal employees since 2004.  Over the past 6 years, Peter's practice has focused on successfully representing clients in internal affairs investigations, disciplinary appeal hearings, officer involved shootings, contract negotiations and criminal defense representation.

Peter joined Lackie, Dammeier & McGill in early 2010 but has been a Legal Defense Fund Panel Attorney (LDF) since 2004. He spends a majority of his time defending clients in internal affairs investigations into allegations of misconduct and has handled numerous disciplinary appeal hearings including arbitrations and appeals before the State Personnel Board. Peter is also responsible for responding to critical incidents such as deaths in custody and officer involved shootings.

Peter represents clients in contract negotiations. He also handles contract maintenance representation through the grievance process and provides legal advice to the Boards of Directors and the individual members of the Safety organizations he represents.

He has significant litigation experience including, but not limited to, experience with Mandatory Injunctions under the Public Safety Officers' Procedural Bill of Rights and Writs of Mandate. In addition, Peter also handles criminal defense cases involving assault under color of authority and driving under the influence charges.

Peter is a lecturer for the Peace Officers' Research Association of California Internal Affairs seminars and has been since 2006. Peter is admitted to practice in the Northern, Eastern, Central, and Southern District Courts of California.
Peter graduated from California State University San Marcos in San Marcos, California with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Literature and Writing in 2000. He remained in San Diego County to attend law school at California Western School of Law. He received his law degree and passed the California Bar in 2003. From 2003 through 2004, Peter worked for a San Diego law firm specializing in the representation of shareholder derivative actions, securities fraud class actions, merger and acquisition class actions, consumer fraud class actions, privacy class actions, antitrust class actions, and insurance class actions. Horton@policeattorney.com