Insurance Defense
Construction Law
Products Liability Law
Architects and Engineers Malpractice
Civil Trials
Mediation
Personal Injury
Insurance Coverage
ADR-Mediation/Arbitration
Class Actions

A.B., Harvard University, 1970
Juris Doctorate, University of North Dakota School of Law, 1974

• Member of Phi Delta Phi fraternity
• Editor of North Dakota Law Review, 1972-1973, 1973-1974
• Co-authored "Prisoners Civil Rights in North Dakota," 50 North Dakota Law Review, 1973

Insurance Companies: Aetna Insurance Co.; Allstate Insurance Co.; American Family Insurance Group; American Hardware Insurance Co.; American Modern Home Insurance Co.; Argonaut Insurance Co.; Austin Mutual Insurance Co.; Capitol Indemnity Corporation; Colonial Penn; Commercial Union Insurance Co.; Employers Mutual Casualty Co.; Evenflo Company, Inc.; Federated Mutual Insurance Co.; Fireman's Fund Insurance Co.; GAB Business Services, Inc.; Great American Insurance Co.; Horace Mann Insurance Co.; Insurance Company of North America; League of Minnesota Cities Insurance Funds; Maryland Casualty Co.; Millers Mutual Insurance; Milwaukee Electric Tool Co.; Minnesota Medical Insurance Exchange; Minnesota Mutual Fire & Casualty Co.; MSI Insurance; National Family Insurance Co.; Old Republic Insurance Co.; P.P.M. Cranes; PHICO Insurance Co.; Ranger Insurance Co.; Safeco Insurance Co.; State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.; State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.; Tower Insurance Co.; TransAmerica Insurance Group; Travelers Insurance Co.; The Wausau Insurance Co.; West Bend Mutual; Western National Insurance Co.; Zurich-American Insurance Co.; American West Insurance Co. Self-Insured: Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co.; Hobart (Dart and Kraft Company); Pettibone Corp.; Klein Tool Co.; Evenflo Co.

Virginia Rotary Club
Youth Activities
Speaker at local schools on the topics of career development and Law Day

Fellow- American College of Trial Lawyers
Association of Defense Trial Attorneys (ADTA)

• PRESIDENT 1999-2000
• President Elect 1998-1999
• Vice-President 1997-1998
• Executive Committee 1994-1997

Defense Research Institute (DRI)

• National Board of Directors 1998-2001

Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel (FDCC)
Minnesota Defense Lawyer Association (MDLA)

• Member of the Board of Directors 1989-1991

Advocate- American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA)
Propane Gas Defense Association
20th District Ethics Committee

• Member 1984-1999
• Chairman 1994-1999

Range Bar Association

• President 1979-1980

Minnesota State Bar Association
American Bar Association

Minnesota, 1974
U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota, 1974
U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit, 1978

Mr. Peterson had repeatedly been recognized as a Super Lawyer by Minnestoa Law and Politics and Twin Cities Business Monthly. In 2003, Mr. Peterson was named one of the top 40 mediators in the State of Minnesota, and he is one of only a handful of mediators given this honor outside the Twin Cities area.

Jeff was born in Virginia, Minnesota, in 1947. Jeff and his wife, Nancy, have four adult children - Andrew, Keith, Tyler and Meghan. He and Nancy reside on Lake Vermilion, near Tower, Minnesota. Outside of the office, Jeff enjoys fishing, flying, and duck hunting, especially with his children.