Pier Petersen
Location:
Chicago, Illinois
Phone:
312-376-8345
888-644-6459 (Toll Free)
888-644-6459 (Toll Free)
Fax:
312-243-5902
E-mail:
Pier Petersen graduated from the University of Chicago Law School, with honors, in 2009. At the University of Chicago, she worked in the Civil Rights and Police Accountability Project of the Edwin F. Mandel Legal Aid Clinic, and served on the Clinic's student board. She was also a member of the Law Review, and received the Thomas R. Mulroy Prize for Excellence in Appellate Advocacy and the Edward W. Hinton Memorial Cup.
Following law school, Pier represented indigent defendants in criminal and juvenile delinquency proceedings as a staff attorney at the Guam Alternate Public Defender. As a public defender, Pier successfully challenged the constitutionality of Guam's juvenile curfew law on behalf of a client charged with violating that law.
Pier joined Loevy and Loevy in 2010, where her practice focuses on police misconduct, including false arrest, wrongful conviction, and excessive force cases. She is admitted to practice in Illinois, Washington State, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, the Northern District of Illinois, and the Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana.
Following law school, Pier represented indigent defendants in criminal and juvenile delinquency proceedings as a staff attorney at the Guam Alternate Public Defender. As a public defender, Pier successfully challenged the constitutionality of Guam's juvenile curfew law on behalf of a client charged with violating that law.
Pier joined Loevy and Loevy in 2010, where her practice focuses on police misconduct, including false arrest, wrongful conviction, and excessive force cases. She is admitted to practice in Illinois, Washington State, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, the Northern District of Illinois, and the Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana.
Areas of Practice
- Police Misconduct
- Wrongful Conviction
- False Arrest
- Excessive Force
Bar Admissions
- Illinois
- Washington
- U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Indiana
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Indiana
Education
- University of Chicago Law School, Chicago, Illinois
- J.D., with Honors - 2009
