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Woody N. Peterson, Esquire

Woody Peterson joined Zelle LLP in 2016 as Senior Counsel in the firm’s Washington, DC office, where he specializes in trial and appellate court litigation.  He has authored or co-authored numerous briefs in the federal courts of appeals and state appellate courts, as well as petitions for certiorari, briefs in opposition, and amicus briefs in the Supreme Court of the United States. The briefs have spanned subject areas as diverse as antitrust, energy, ERISA, securities, defamation, employment, insurance coverage, and intellectual property.  Prior to joining Zelle, he was a member of the Dickstein Shapiro LLP Business Litigation practice group for 35 years, 30 years as a partner. While at Dickstein, he also served as Chair of the firm’s Attorney Performance Evaluation Committee, and of the Pro Bono Committee, and led the firm's writing program.

Mr. Peterson is a member of the bars of the District of Columbia and Massachusetts. He served as co-editor of Chapter 11 (“Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity”) of the Fourth Edition of the BNA Employment Discrimination Law treatise, published in 2007.

Mr. Peterson received his A.B., magna cum laude, from Harvard College and his J.D., cum laude, from  Harvard Law School.

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