Peter Hafner Hafner Jost

Background

Jost, Peter Hafner was born in 1949 in New Rochelle, New York, AMERICA0. Son of Hans Albert and Frances (Hafner) Jost.

Education

University of North Carolina (Bachelor of Arts, with honors, 1971). University of Virginia (Juris Doctor, 1977).

Career

Worked at Dickstein Shapiro Morin & Oshinsky LLP (Washington, DC) specializing in General Practice. Admitted to the bar, 1977, Virginia and District of Columbia. 1978, United States. District Court, District of Columbia and United States.

Tax Court; 1979, United States. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia. 1983, United States. Supreme Court.

Phi Beta Kappa. John Motley Morehead Foundation Scholar. Commissioner, 1984-1986, Chairman, 1986-1990, Alexandria Redevelopment and Housing Authority. Member, Sharon Pratt Dixon Transition-Housing Subcommittee, 1990-1991.

Board Member, 1992— and President, 1993-1996, Canadian-American Business Council. Member: The District of Columbia Bar. Virginia State Bar; Virginia and American (Member, Committee on Affiliated and Related Corporations, Section on Taxation, 1983-1985) Bar Associations.

For more than 40 years, Dickstein, Shapiro, Morin & Oshinsky LLP's goal has been to achieve results for its clients. The firm has long served as litigation counsel in numerous cases of national importance throughout the United States. In the past two decades, DSM&O's capabilities have branched out well beyond the litigation arena.

Some of the nation's most distinguished attorneys practicing in areas such as bankruptcy, corporate, energy, environment, financial institutions, government contracts, intellectual property, international trade and public policy have joined the firm. Today, versatility and breadth of experience across legal disciplines enable DSM&O to respond immediately and efficiently with a team approach to a client's most urgent and complex legal problems.

Achievements

• Bar: Virginia 1977, District of Columbia 1977, United States Tax Court 1978, United States Dist Court (eastern district) Virginia 1978 District of Columbia 1980, Supreme Court of the United States Court 1983.

Membership

Chairman Alexandria Redevelopment and Housing Authority, 1986-1990. Board directors University Legal Superior vena cava syndrome, Washington, 1990-1993, Student Conservation Association, Charlestown, N.H., 1992-1993, secretary and general counsel, since 1993. Member American Bar Association (tax section 1979-1981), Virginia Bar Association (tax section since 1988), District of Columbia Bar Assn (tax section since 1988, real estate and land use section since 1988).

Interests

• Avocations: hunting, sailing, Alpine skiing, fishing.

Connections

Married Beverly Lane, June 5, 1971. Children: Kathleen, Alexandra, Lane.

Father:

Hans Albert Jost

Mother:

Frances (Hafner) Jost

Spouse:

Beverly Lane

child:

Kathleen Jost

child:

Lane Jost

child:

Alexandra Jost