Attorney Profile

At the Law Offices of Peter Shenas in San Diego, California, we aggressively represent our clients throughout Southern California. A dispute between partners or business associates can put the future of a company at risk. Our founder, attorney Peter Shenas, has appeared before state and federal courts on behalf of plaintiffs and defendants. He has helped resolve cases through litigation or arbitration for clients in the real estate and construction industries.

Peter Shenas

Attorney, Arbitrator, and Mediator

Professional History

• 1996 to present Attorney, Law Offices of Peter Shenas
• 1971-1996 Senior Shareholder, Shenas, Shaw & Spievak, a Professional Corporation
• 1963-1971 Partner, Fredman, Silverberg & Shenas, a law partnership
• 1959-1963 Associate, Crabtree & Lindsley, attorneys

Legal Experience

Extenisve experience as a business litigator in state and federal Courts, representing both plaintiffs and defendants.

Business disputes have included corporate disputes between shareholders, disputes between partners, fiduciary duties of shareholders and directors, contractual obligations and fiduciary duties of partners, involuntary dissolution, accountings, and receiverships.
Construction and real estate experience includes disputes between contractors and subcontractors, construction defects, buyer and seller disputes, escrow issues, partition actions, title policy claims, judicial foreclosures, and landlord tenant disputes.

Commercial dispute experience includes breaches of contract, fraud, business torts, unfair business practices, alter ego, franchises, and legal malpractice.

Additional experience includes employment disputes, and wrongful termination.

Martindale-Hubbell A-V rated.

Professional Licenses

• 1959 Admitted to California State Bar
• Licensed to practice before:

All California Courts
• U.S. District Courts for Southern, Central and Northern Districts
• Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
• U.S. Supreme Court

Professional Associations

• San Diego County Bar Association (Board of Directors, 1977-79, Vice-President 1979)
• Chairman, California State Bar Committee on Legal Services to Middle Income People
• Association of Business Trial Lawyers
• American Bar Association
• Building Industry Association, (Board of Directors, 1983

Education

• 1955-1958 University of California at Los Angeles School of Law (Law Review Editorial Board) (Juris Doctor Degree)
• 1954-1955 San Diego State University (Bachelor of Arts, Business Administration,)
• 1948-1951 University of Southern California

Community Involvement

• Boys and Girls Club of San Diego (Board of Directors 1975-98, Board of Trustee 1998-Present; Recipient of Award of Bronze Keystone 1997)
• San Diego State University Alumni Association (Board of Directors 1993-96; Chairman, President's Circle Committee, 1993; Chairman, Legislative Affairs Committee, 1995-97)
• Microvascular Institute (Board of Directors, 1985-99)

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