Peter J. Lesser is an attorney and licensed real estate broker based in Century City in Los Angeles, California. In addition to his ongoing work in the litigation and real estate fields, Peter enjoys a growing reputation as an independent mediator, assisting in the resolution of pre-litigation and litigated disputes on a negotiated basis.
Peter mediates throughout Los Angeles and Orange Counties, and the Palm Springs Valley of Riverside County; he has conducted over 500 mediations to date, with consistently excellent results and recommendations. As a mediator, Peter helps achieve resolution by being a good listener, a probing questioner of all parties' positions, and an active, creative and persistent consensus builder.
Peter is a graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law (J.D.), the London School of Economics and Political Science (M.Sc.), and Oberlin College (B.A.). In 2003, Peter received his Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Dispute Resolution from the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at the Pepperdine University School of Law in Malibu.
Peter has been a licensed California real estate broker since 2004, and earned his GRI designation (Graduate, Realtors Institute) in 2007. Building on his years of experience in real estate litigation and transactions, Peter has developed particular expertise in mediating residential and commercial real estate disputes, as well as construction, development and Homeowners Association matters. Peter regularly conducts mandatory pre-litigation mediations pursuant to the California Association of Realtors' Residential Purchase Agreement and the Davis-Stirling Act governing HOA disputes.
As a litigator, Peter has been a focused and passionate advocate for his clients. Peter has first-chaired over fifteen trials -- civil and criminal, bench and jury -- all with winning verdicts. Peter has also settled many cases with great results for his clients, including several seven-figure settlements of medical malpractice and other major tort cases.
Peter also has considerable experience in the fields of probate and trust litigation, and probate and trust administration. Since many probate and trust disputes also involve real estate issues, Peter has been a particularly effective mediator in these fields.
To contact Peter, please call 310-470-6090, email: Peter@PeterLesser.com, or click the "Contact Info" tab, above.
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