Background
Schmit, Peter Alan was born on August 18, 1963 in Fosston, Minnesota, United States. Son of Phillip and Mable (Lund) Schmit.
Schmit, Peter Alan was born on August 18, 1963 in Fosston, Minnesota, United States. Son of Phillip and Mable (Lund) Schmit.
University of North Dakota (Bachelor of Science, magna cum laude, 1985. Juris Doctor, with distinction, 1989).
Worked at Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi Limited liability partnership (Minneapolis, Minnesota) specializing in Trials and Appeals in all Federal and State Courts. Administrative, Antitrust, Appellate, Banking, Bankruptcy and Reorganization, Construction, Communications, Corporate, Employment and Employee Benefits, Environmental, Estate Planning and Probate, Franchising, Finance, Insurance Law, Intellectual Property, International Litigation and Trade, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Products Liability, Real Estate, Securities, Tax, Transportation. Admitted to the bar, 1989, Minnesota.
1990, North Dakota.
1991, United States. District Court, District of Minnesota. Order of the Coif; Phi Delta Phi.
Member: Minnesota State and American Bar Associations. The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
Minnesota Trial Lawyers Association.
Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi has a distinguished history of serving the needs of its clients for over 50 years. Today, the firm has over 230 lawyers, and support is provided by a staff of full-time investigators and legal assistants. The firm is nationally recognized for its litigation practice in the areas of intellectual property, business, insurance, mass tort, personal injury and medical negligence.
The firm also has a diverse national business practice in corporate and commercial law.
Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi has been involved in many nationally significant cases in the past decade, including the Honeywell autofocus camera patent cases, cases involving constitutional challenges to state insurance statutes, the fires at One Meridian Plaza in Philadelphia and the First Interstate Bank in Los Angeles, the Chicago Flood, the Dalkon Shield and Copper 7 cases and the Bhopal-Union Carbide disaster. Offices are strategically located to provide service in every part of the country.
Active United Way, St. Paul, 1991-1992. Member Minnesota State Bar Association, Minnesota Trial Lawyers Association, Ramsey County Bar Association, Order of the Coif.
Married Phyllis Eva Marie Landeis, August 5, 1989.