Background
Benner, Peter W. was born in 1950 in Newark, New Jersey, United States.
Benner, Peter W. was born in 1950 in Newark, New Jersey, United States.
Princeton University (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 1972). Georgetown University (Juris Doctor, 1975).
Worked at Shipman & Goodwin Limited Liability Partnership (Hartford, Connecticut) specializing in General Practice. Banking, Corporation, Tax, Antitrust, Commercial Finance, Securities, Venture Capital, Labor and Employment, Health Care, Environmental, Pension and Employee Benefits, Estate Planning, Estate Settlement, Trust Administration, Real Estate, Municipal Law. Trials in all Courts.
Admitted to the bar, 1976, Connecticut.
Executive Board, Georgetown Law Journal, 1973-1975. Law Clerk to United States.
District Court Judge Thomas A. Flannery, 1975-1976. Shipman & Goodwin was founded over 75 years ago.
Its principal areas of practice include general corporate and securities law, litigation, corporate and commercial finance, tax, bankruptcy and creditors" rights, environmental law, municipal law, administrative law, utility regulation, real estate, construction law, fidelity and surety law, venture capital financing, international trade, antitrust and trade regulation, banking, insurance, labor and employment, trusts and estates, pension, health care law, intellectual property, computer law, tax-exempt organizations, agricultural cooperatives, family law, criminal law, legislation and lobbying.
The firm is divided into six departments: Business, Litigation, Labor and Employment, Real Estate, Tax, and Trusts and Estates. In each area of practice, lawyers are assisted by experienced legal assistants. In addition, many lawyers are members of practice groups organized to address specifically the needs of particular clients and/or industries.
Among such groups are those serving venture capital investors, high technology and emerging companies, hospitals and health care providers, municipalities and agricultural cooperatives.
Within the Trust and Estate Department is a group specializing in Financial Planning and Trust Administration.
Member: American Bar Association.