Mr. Craig M. Peters

Attorney at Law, San Francisco

Current Term: September 15, 2024−September 14, 2027
Membership: Voting member appointed by Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero
Internal Committees: Rules Committee, Technology Committee

Mr. Craig M. Peters is a partner and trial attorney at Altair Law. He handles complex and catastrophic cases involving severe injury or death. He has experience dealing with product defects, dangerous property conditions, vehicle and machine accidents, and professional negligence. He has extensive trial experience representing families and individuals who are union members and laborers, service industry workers, and white-collar professionals. He was previously a criminal defense attorney for 13 years, trying a range of cases from misdemeanors to felonies. During the last three years of his criminal defense work, Mr. Peters was the director of training for the San Francisco Public Defender’s Office.

In addition to teaching trial skills at UC Law San Francisco and University of San Francisco School of Law, Mr. Peters has been a professor of constitutional law and evidence at San Francisco Law School. He has served as the president of the Consumer Attorneys of California and is the incoming president of the Council of Presidents for the American Association for Justice. He is a member of the International Society of Barristers and the American College of Trial Lawyers, and he currently serves as the dean of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers and as national treasurer for the American Board of Trial Advocates.