Peter focuses his practice on commercial and appellate litigation. He represents businesses, municipal entities and individuals in litigation in state and federal court, as well as in alternative dispute resolution forums. Peter has extensive experience litigating business disputes, including contract disputes, business torts, restrictive covenant and shareholder, partner and member disputes. He also litigates construction, banking, real estate, catastrophic casualty, public utilities matters, insurance coverage disputes and Dragonetti Act claims. Peter has successfully handled appeals before all Pennsylvania appellate courts, along with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First and Third Circuits, and original jurisdiction matters before the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania. He served as a judicial law clerk to the Hon. Thomas I. Vanaskie and the Hon. D. Brooks Smith in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
Peter is a licensed Funeral Director, and has worked in his family’s business, the Adonizio Funeral Home, LLC, in Pittston, PA. This experience gives him particular depth in representing clients in the deathcare licensing and industry matters.
- Pennsylvania Bar Association
- Lackawanna Bar Association
- Wilkes-Barre Law and Library Association (Luzerne County Bar Association)
- Executive Committee, Member
- Budget Committee, Co-Chair
- Bar Association of the Third Federal Circuit
- Leadership Northeast, Core Program Advisory Council
- Scouting America, NEPA Council, Board of Directors
- Friends of Scouting Dinner, Co-Chair
- Greater Pittston Chamber of Commerce, Former Director
- Recognized by Super Lawyers as a “Rising Star,” Business Litigation, Pennsylvania, 2023 – Present
- Listed in the “Top 20 Under 40,” NEPA Business Journal, 2022
Education
- Villanova University School of Law, J.D., summa cum laude
- Villanova Law Review, Series Scribes Award
- Order of the Coif
- Saint Ives Medal for graduating first in class
- Temple University, B.B.A., cum laude
Bar Admissions
- Pennsylvania
Court Admissions
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
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- Scranton
- Phone: 570.969.5372
- Fax: 610.371.1222
- Wilkes-Barre
- Litigation
Peter focuses his practice on commercial and appellate litigation. He represents businesses, municipal entities and individuals in litigation in state and federal court, as well as in alternative dispute resolution forums. Peter has extensive experience litigating business disputes, including contract disputes, business torts, restrictive covenant and shareholder, partner and member disputes. He also litigates construction, banking, real estate, catastrophic casualty, public utilities matters, insurance coverage disputes and Dragonetti Act claims. Peter has successfully handled appeals before all Pennsylvania appellate courts, along with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First and Third Circuits, and original jurisdiction matters before the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania. He served as a judicial law clerk to the Hon. Thomas I. Vanaskie and the Hon. D. Brooks Smith in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
Peter is a licensed Funeral Director, and has worked in his family’s business, the Adonizio Funeral Home, LLC, in Pittston, PA. This experience gives him particular depth in representing clients in the deathcare licensing and industry matters.
Affiliations
- Pennsylvania Bar Association
- Lackawanna Bar Association
- Wilkes-Barre Law and Library Association (Luzerne County Bar Association)
- Executive Committee, Member
- Budget Committee, Co-Chair
- Bar Association of the Third Federal Circuit
- Leadership Northeast, Core Program Advisory Council
- Scouting America, NEPA Council, Board of Directors
- Friends of Scouting Dinner, Co-Chair
- Greater Pittston Chamber of Commerce, Former Director
Recognition
- Recognized by Super Lawyers as a “Rising Star,” Business Litigation, Pennsylvania, 2023 – Present
- Listed in the “Top 20 Under 40,” NEPA Business Journal, 2022
Education
- Villanova University School of Law, J.D., summa cum laude
- Villanova Law Review, Series Scribes Award
- Order of the Coif
- Saint Ives Medal for graduating first in class
- Temple University, B.B.A., cum laude
Bar Admissions
- Pennsylvania
Court Admissions
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit