Peter N. Leritz

Born: St. Louis, Missouri, July 11, 1966

Education: St. Louis University, B.A., 1988, St. Louis University, J.D., cum laude, 1993

Practice Areas: Fire Insurance; Workers Compensation Law; Subrogation; Insurance Coverage; Products Liability; Medical Malpractice; Personal Injury; Criminal Defense; Commercial Litigation; Construction Litigation; Workers Compensation; Business Litigation

Membership: The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis; The Missouri Bar; The Illinois State Bar Association.

Admissions: 1993, Missouri; 1994, Illinois

Miscellaneous Information: Order of the Woolsack. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Awards in Constitutional Law and in Remedies. Recipient, Judge James Ruddy Memorial Scholarship. Member, St. Louis University Law Journal, 1991-1992. Articles Editor, St. Louis University Law Journal, 1992-1993. Law Clerk to the Honorable Edward L. Filippine, Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri, 1993-1995. Public Defender, City of Brentwood, Missouri. Secretary, Brentwood, Missouri Planning and Zoning Commission.

Biography:

Peter N. Leritz focuses his practice in the areas of personal injury, property damage, products liability, construction litigation, commercial litigation, insurance coverage, business litigation, and subrogation and first party claims.

He received his Bachelors Degree from St. Louis University in 1988 and, received his Juris Doctor from St. Louis University in 1993, graduating cum laude. He was admitted to the Missouri Bar in the same year and admitted to the Illinois Bar in 1994.

Mr. Leritz belongs to the Missouri Bar Association and the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis as well as the Illinois State Bar Association.

Receiving the highest ranking achievable from Martindale Hubbell, Mr. Leritz has an AV Peer Review Rating and is listed in the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers. He is also distinguished by serving as a Staff Member of the St. Louis University Law Journal from 1991 to 1992, where he also served as Articles Editor from 1992 to 1993. He was elected into the Order of the Woolsack, a scholastic honorary association, was Recipient of the American Jurisprudence Awards in Constitutional Law and in Remedies as well as Recipient of the Judge James Ruddy Memorial Scholarship. From 1993 to 1995, he served as Law Clerk to the Honorable Edward L. Filippine, Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri. Mr. Lertiz has also served as Public Defender for the City of Brentwood, Missouri and as the Former Secretary of the Brentwood, Missouri Planning and Zoning Commission. Additionally, he is a member of the Home Builders Association of Greater St. Louis Legislative Policy Committee.