Ken M. Peterson
 Mr. Peterson has more than 35 years of courtroom experience in both state and federal courts. He is recognized as one of the best trial lawyers in America. As lead trial counsel, Ken has litigated cases involving trade secrets, computer technology, patent infringement, antitrust, securities, product liability, contract, labor law, banking, toxic tort-environmental, and personal injury. He has represented plaintiffs and defendants from diverse industries, including computer technology and software, general business, retail, oil and gas exploration and production, and banking. Ken has litigated cases as lead counsel in Alabama, California, Connecticut, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, New York, Oklahoma, South Dakota, and Texas. Ken has extensive experience successfully trying to verdict complex cases. Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory has rated Ken at the highest AV®* rating for lawyers.
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Education:
- University of South Dakota, BA, 1968
- University of South Dakota, JD, 1971
- Associate Editor, University of South Dakota Law Review, 1971
Professional Background:
- Kansas Bar, 1971
- Selected to "Best Lawyers In America," 1991 to present
- Featured speaker at Association of Trial Lawyers of America 1996 Annual Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts, on how to try complex cases to juries
- Guest speaker at Idaho Trial Lawyers 2005 Annual Meeting in Sun Valley, Idaho on Handling Complex Business Litigation
- Frequent lecturer on complex litigation and other continuing legal education programs for lawyers and other professionals
- Co-author, "Idea Litigation: The Next Hot Commercial Tort" for Causes of Action 2d (West, 1998)
- Co-author, "The Angry Genie" (a memoir on the nuclear age) University of Oklahoma Press
- Selected to Missouri and Kansas "Super Lawyers" since first published.
- Selected to Chambers USA 2006 "America's Leading Lawyers for Business"
- Guest speaker on Intellectual Property Litigation at Practicing Law Institute in New York City, 2002
- Guest speaker at Texas Trial Lawyers Association Meeting in 2006 on how to win complex jury trial
* CV, BV and AV are all registered certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies.
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