Team

Peter counsels public and private clients on water rights, land conservation transactions and strategies, ecosystem service markets, and complex natural resource projects. As part of his diverse water and natural resources law practice, Peter assists government agencies, nonprofits, and business entities with strategic planning, project planning and implementation, conservation real estate acquisitions, and regulatory compliance under a wide variety of federal, state, and local laws.

In addition to his law practice, Peter helps clients with issues before Congress, the Washington State Legislature, and federal and state government agencies, including working to pass federal and state legislation, securing public funding for projects, and developing collaborative public-private partnerships for large-scale, innovative solutions to natural resource challenges. Peter also uses his experience building collaboration among a wide variety of stakeholders to help create, facilitate and motivate coalitions of nontraditional allies. In that work, Peter has a strong track record of helping “strange bedfellows” come together to develop and implement successful policy and funding strategies focused on long-term environmental restoration and economic sustainability.

Prior to returning to law practice in 2013, Peter served as Pacific Northwest Regional Director of the Wilderness Society, Washington State Director of The Trust for Public Land, and Managing Director of the Washington Water Trust. Prior to his work in the nonprofit community, Peter spent several years in private law practice in Seattle. He began his career as an Assistant Attorney General for Washington State.