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Peter’s practice concentrates primarily in the areas of alternative dispute resolution, bankruptcy, business law and civil litigation. He also represents superintendents of school districts in contract cases. He has been with the firm since 1988. Peter graduated in 1982 from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst (cum laude) with a degree in history and a minor in economics. While at the University of Massachusetts he was admitted into the honorary society Phi Beta Kappa. He attended law school at Boston College Law School from which he graduated with honors in 1987. He was admitted to the Maine bar in 1987 and the Massachusetts bar the following year. He is admitted to practice before the courts of the State of Maine, the United States District Court for the District of Maine, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Maine, the First Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court.
Mr. Cary is a member of the Cumberland Bar Association (Secretary/Treasurer, 1997-1999; First Vice President, 1999-2000; President, 2000-2001), the Maine State Bar Association (Chair of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Section), the American Bankruptcy Institute and the Cape Elizabeth Education Foundation (past-Co-President). Mr. Cary recently completed a multi-year term as a Commissioner of the Maine Governmental Facilities Authority. He is a frequent lecturer at the Maine State Bar Association Continuing Legal Education seminars.
Peter received the highest attorney rating, AV® Preeminent™*, by Martindale-Hubbell following the results of a peer review rating process considering the anonymous opinions of members of the Bar and the Judiciary. Peter was also selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® in the field(s) of Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law (Copyright 2010 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.).
AV® Preeminent™ is a certification mark of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. See, www.martindale.com/ratings