Village Spillage

The other candidate for Whitefish Bay Municipal Judge tracked me down and asked me to put up his bio.    Unfortunately, it looks like the NOW site beat me to writing an article on the race.   I've been busy.

Peterson is married with two kids in Cumberland, one in WFB Middle School, and are members of Holy Family Church.  

Peterson's undergrad was from Marquette, majoring in Economics.  After working as an Air Traffic Controller in Philly and Washington DC, Peterson went on to St. Louis University for his law degree.

He's practiced law for 15 years in Missouri and Wisconsin, and has conducted more than 50 trials both civil and criminal.  He maintains a regional trial law practice, and has handled appeals cases and has practiced at all levels of State Court including the Supreme Court.
 
Peterson has been involved with WFB youth sports for many years and volunteers for WFB's Football & Tee Ball, WFB Jr. Dukes Football and Basketball and McMenamin Irish Dance Academy.

Peterson added, "In addition to coaching youth sports, I believe that it is important to contribute to the community outside of Whitefish Bay.  I was honored to have been awarded the David Niblack award by the Wisconsin Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers for my lifetime of service to the indigent. Municipal court is the village 'peoples court' and is often is the only experience that a village resident will have with a trial court.  I feel that my years of experience assisting individuals with criminal law issues and my familiarlty with trial court practice across the State uniquely qualifies me for the position of Municipal Judge."

Make sure you read the other candidate profiles I've written, and, in a few days, I will be writing an article that contains who I am endorsing for all the April 1st election races!