Atty. Peter S. Dawson
A tenacious litigator, Mr. Dawson is a member of the firm’s Executive Committee.
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Peter S. Dawson is a Partner based in White Plains, New York, practicing at DelBello Donnellan Weingarten Wise & Wiederkehr, LLP. They have 20+ years of legal experience, licensed to practice since 2006. Their practice focuses on business, real estate, and litigation. Admitted to practice in Connecticut (2006) and New York United States District Court for the Southern District of New York United States District C (2007). Educated at Pace University (J.D., 2005) and Boston University (B.A. International, 1999). Serands clients in White Plains, NY and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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- A tenacious litigator, Mr. Dawson is a member of the firm’s Executive Committee
- He has served as lead counsel on a number of complex high-profile and high-stakes federal and state court cases
- Peter has achieved successful results in the United States District Courts for the Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of New York, the District of Maryland, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, as well as the Westchester, New York, Bronx, Kings, Queens, Putnam, Orange, Rockland, Erie and Dutchess County, New York State Supreme Courts, the Westchester, Kings, and Nassau County Surrogate’s Courts, and the Appellate Divisions of the First and Second Judicial Departments
- REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE • Mr. Dawson is lead counsel to an international raw materials trading company in defense of an arbitration involving a thirty million dollar shipment of copper concentrate sourced from the Grasberg mine in Indonesia. • Mr. Dawson is lead counsel defending former Governor Eliot L. Spitzer’s 985 Fifth Land Holding II in an adverse possession lawsuit involving property on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan’s Metropolitan Museum District. • Mr. Dawson is lead counsel to the Plaintiff in cases brought against a major Hudson Valley developer and its associated entities involving accounting improprieties and self-dealing. • Mr. Dawson is currently lead counsel for the Plaintiff in a complex breach of fiduciary duty case in the New York Supreme Court Commercial Division brought to recover an equity stake in a joint venture to build and develop affordable housing in the New York City metropolitan area. • Mr. Dawson was lead counsel in the successful defense of a real estate developer in a challenge to the title of a $34 million Queens property. • Mr. Dawson was lead and co-counsel to a co-founder of a financial services technology company in successful federal court litigation brought concerning the founding of the company brought in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. • Mr. Dawson was lead counsel in the successful defense of an insurance broker to RICO, conspiracy and fraud claims brought by a major life insurance carrier in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland. • Mr. Dawson was lead counsel for the Plaintiff in a successful federal court litigation to enforce shareholder rights against a private equity firm founded to invest in medical cannabis and adjacent technologies • Mr. Dawson represents an end-of-life homecare company that provides living assistance services to the elderly so that they may live safely, comfortably and with dignity in their homes for as long as possible. • Mr. Dawson represents an industry defining brand marketing, public relations, influence, and data analytics company in various respects. • Mr. Dawson was lead counsel to one of North America’s largest financial institutions in various title matters, mortgage priority disputes, fraud litigations, and Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) cases
- COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT • Somers Education Foundation, 2022-Present
- Treasurer 2023-Present MEMBERSHIPS • New York State Land Title Association • New York State Bar Association • Westchester County Bar Association
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Peter S. Dawson's Areas of Practice
Each practice area below reflects the types of cases Peter S. Dawson handles, with a brief overview of what that area of law covers.
Business attorneys advise founders and growing companies on entity formation, contracts, financing, M&A, and dispute resolution.
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Real estate attorneys handle home purchases, sales, commercial transactions, title disputes, and landlord-tenant matters.
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Civil litigation attorneys for breach of contract, business disputes, civil rights, and class action lawsuits.
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Jurisdictional Context
Why local counsel matters in New York
Practicing law in New York. Legal matters in New York are governed by state-specific rules of civil and criminal procedure, statutes of limitations, and substantive law. Cases originating in White Plains are typically filed in the local municipal court or the appropriate New York state district court, depending on subject matter and amount in controversy. An attorney licensed in New York brings working knowledge of local procedural deadlines, judicial practices in this andnue, and the substantive law that applies to cases brought here. Out-of-state attorneys generally cannot represent clients in New York courts without local counsel or pro hac vice admission.
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