Timothy J. Peter

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Biography

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Timothy J. Peter is a Partner in Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP’s Pennsylvania office and Chair of the firm's Consumer Protection Litigation Practice Group.

Prior to joining Faruqi & Faruqi, Mr. Peter was an Associate at Cohen Placittella & Roth, P.C. where he was involved in such high profile litigation as: In re Vioxx Products Liability Litigation ($8.25 million recovery for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania); In re Evergreen Ultra Short Opportunities Fund Securities Litigation ($25 million class action securities settlement in which participating class members will recover over 65% of their losses) and In re: DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc., ASR Hip Implant Products Liability Litigation ($2.5 billion settlement). In addition, Mr. Peter played an important role in the resolution of In re Minerva Group LP v. Mod-Pac Corp., et al., in which defendants increased the price of an insider buyout from $8.20 to $9.25 per share, a significant victory for shareholders. Prior to attending law school, Mr. Peter worked for one of largest financial institutions in the world where he gained significant insight into the inner workings of the financial services industry. 

Mr. Peter is a 2009 cum laude graduate of the Michigan State University College of Law, where he served as an associate editor of the Journal of Medicine and Law. He received his undergraduate degree in Economics from the College of Wooster in 2002.

Mr. Peter is admitted to practice in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.