Background
Wilson Chatfield, Peter was born on October 25, 1961 in New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States.
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Peter Wilson Chatfield
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Wesleyan University (Bachelor of Arts, 1983). Yale University (Juris Doctor, 1986).
Career
Worked at Phillips & Cohen. Admitted to the bar, 1988, Maryland. 1989, District of Columbia.
Phi Beta Kappa.
Editor, Yale Law Journal, 1985-1986. Coker Fellow. Law Clerk to Honorary Alvin B. Rubin, United States. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1986-1987.
Phillips & Cohen has the nation"s largest and longest standing False Claims Acting (qui tam) practice.
In 1984, John R. Phillips began working with Senator Charles Grassley and Congressman Howard Berman as the Congress developed amendments to strengthen and modernize the Acting, which was first passed to fight Civil War profiteers. The effort to amend the Acting was successful and in October 1986, the new amendments were signed into law by President Reagan.
The firm has a national practice and works with a network of litigation firms throughout the country.
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Membership
Member: American Bar Association.
