Peter W. Alfert
Partner since 1986
Location:
Walnut Creek, California
Phone:
925-932-6006
877-639-1737 (Toll Free)
877-639-1737 (Toll Free)
Fax:
925-932-3412
E-mail:
Peter Alfert exclusively represents plaintiffs in civil litigation. A trial lawyer for 30 years, he focuses on serious injury and death cases. Mr. Alfert's areas of expertise include product liability, construction accidents, public entity liability for unsafe roadways, vehicular accidents, insurance bad faith, and elder abuse. He frequently represents clients who have been injured by defective products against the world's largest corporations. Mr. Alfert has held an AV rating with Martindale-Hubbell since 1990. He is a member of San Francisco ABOTA and past President of Alameda Contra Costa Trial Lawyers Association. Hinton, Alfert & Sumner is listed in the Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers.
Year Joined Firm
- 1982
Areas of Practice
- Personal Injury and Wrongful Death
- Liability for Unsafe or Defective Products
- Bicycle and Motorcycle Accidents
- Watercraft and Aircraft Accidents
- Industrial Fires & Explosions
- Unsafely Designed and Maintained Highways
- Toxic Exposure Causing Death or Injury
- Legal Malpractice
Litigation Percentage
- 100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions
- California, 1978
- U.S. District Court Northern District of California, 1978
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of California, 1997
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1978
Education
- University of San Francisco School of Law, San Francisco, California
- J.D. (Cum Laude) - 1978
- Honors: McAuliffe Law Honor Society
- St. Mary's College of California, Moraga, California
- B.A. (Cum Laude) - 1975
- Major: Political Science
- Major: Psychology
Representative Cases
Classes/Seminars
- Lecturer, Consumer Attorneys of California
- Lecturer, San Francisco Bar Association
- Lecturer, Contra Costa Bar Association
- Lecturer, Alameda-Contra Costa Trial Lawyers Association
- "Successful Practice with Paralegals", Contra Costa Bar Association, 1996
- "Voir Dire Do's and Don'ts", American Inns of Court, 2004
- "Now What?: The Critical Period Between Verdict and Notice of Appeal", Appellate Practice Section/San Francisco Bar Association, 2004
Honors and Awards
- Listed by Martindale-Hubbell in the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers
- American Jurisprudence Award in Evidence, 1977
- AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell, 1990 - Present
- Recognized in Super Lawyers, Northern California, 2006 - Present
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Contra Costa County Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- State Bar of California
- Consumer Attorneys of California
- Alameda-Contra Costa Trial Lawyers Association, 1984 - Present
- Alameda-Contra Costa Trial Lawyers Association, Treasurer
- Alameda-Contra Costa Trial Lawyers Association, Secretary
- Alameda-Contra Costa Trial Lawyers Association, President-Elect
- Alameda-Contra Costa Trial Lawyers Association, President, 1999
- Americans Inns of Court Contra Costa Trial Lawyers, 1998 - 2005
- Civil Fast Track Bench/Bar Committee, Contra Costa County, 2000
- American Association for Justice
- American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), 2006 - Present
- Trial Lawyers for Public Justice
- Attorneys Information Exchange Group
- Public Justice Foundation
Past Employment Positions
- Ginder, Kelly & McCuay, Associate, 1978 - 1982
