John S. Peterson

Managing shareholder and partner at Peterson Law Group PC, John S. Peterson represents clients in California in matters of eminent domain, environmental law, CEQA, land use, subsidence, landslide, real estate law, business litigation and trials, and inverse condemnation. He is an Associate of the American Board of Trial Advocates. For his high ethical standards and long list of successful results, he holds the highest peer review rating possible of AV Preeminent* from Martindale-Hubbell and is recognized in Best Lawyers in America and Super Lawyers.  In 2020, he successfully argued before the California Supreme Court inWeissv. People ex rel. Dept. of Transportation,9 Cal. 5th 840 (2020), an inverse condemnation action wherein the Court disapproved application ofCode of Civil Procedure sec. 1260.040of the Eminent Domain Law in inverse condemnation entitlement questions. In so doing, the Court disapproved existing appellate case authority.Mr. Peterson earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics when he graduated magna cum laude from the University of California. He then earned his Juris Doctor from the University of California at Los Angeles School of Law where he was involved with the Moot Court Honors Program.Admitted to practice in the state of California, Mr. Peterson is also admitted to practice before several federal courts. These include the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California and the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California.Mr. Peterson is a member of the American Bar Association, the Los Angeles County Bar Association and the International Right of Way Association. Within the State Bar of California, he is a member of the Real Property Section. Mr. Peterson has been a featured speaker on KNBC News, National Public Radio and Patt Morrison’s KPCC radio show.* AV®, AV Preeminent®, Martindale-Hubbell Distinguished and Martindale-Hubbell Notable are certification marks used under license in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell® is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the anonymous opinions of members of the bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Rating™ fall into two categories – legal ability and general ethical standards.