Peter Buscemi

Immediately after law school, Mr. Buscemi served for a year as a law clerk to Judge Carl McGowan of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. Thereafter, from 1977 to 1981, he was an Assistant to the Solicitor General in the U.S. Department of Justice. During his tenure at the Justice Department, Mr. Buscemi served for five months, from May to October 1980, as a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia.

Since leaving the government in 1981, Mr. Buscemi has litigated in private practice. He joined Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP in 1986 and became a partner in the firm's Litigation Practice in 1987. Mr. Buscemi's practice has focused on complex civil and appellate litigation. He is a co-author of the "Class Actions" chapter in the West treatise Business and Commercial Litigation in Federal Courts.

From 1998 through 2001, Mr. Buscemi served as co-chair of the Appellate Practice Committee of the Section of Litigation of the American Bar Association (ABA) and as a member of the ABA's Standing Committee on Amicus Curiae Briefs. He is currently a member of the Federal Practice Task Force of the ABA's Section of Litigation. He is a fellow of the American Bar Foundation and a member of the American Law Institute. Recently, he has been appointed to a three-year term as a member of the Advisory Committee on Procedures of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.

Mr. Buscemi has represented clients in appellate litigation, including litigation in the U.S. Supreme Court. He has argued 15 cases in the Supreme Court, and he has participated in briefing more than 40 cases on the merits in the Supreme Court. In addition, he has briefed and argued cases in the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Tenth, Eleventh, D.C., and Federal Circuits; in the Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals; and in state appellate courts.

Mr. Buscemi is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia, New York, and California and before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Good to know

Areas of Practice 1) Litigation, 2) Appellate, 3) Class Actions, 4) Securities Litigation & Enforcement, 5) Securities Industry and 6) Insurance Recovery
Law School Columbia Law School
Education Columbia University (B.A., 1969), Princeton University, 1971, M.A.
Bar Member / Association State Bar Of District of Columbia, State Bar Of New York ,State Bar Of California
Most recent firm Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
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