Admitted to the practice of law in Virginia, the District of Columbia, Ohio, and California (inactive), and before the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, the U.S. Army Court of Criminal Appeals, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Ms. Peters served on active duty in the U.S. Army for more than 22 years in the Judge Advocate General's Corps in a variety of important positions, including staff judge advocate at Fort Lee, Virginia, and Fort Lewis, Washington; chief litigation counsel for military personnel matters in the Office of The Judge Advocate General; chief legislative counsel in the Office of the Secretary of the Army; and Senior Military Assistant & Executive Officer to the Secretary of the Army.  Before her military service, Ms. Peters was in private practice with the law firm of Calfee, Halter & Griswold in Cleveland, Ohio.  Following military service, she was the Executive Assistant & Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General for Legislative Affairs, U. S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., and later was Bar Counsel for the District of Columbia serving the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.  Ms. Peters graduated from Harvard University and earned her Juris Doctorate (law) degree from the University of Michigan Law School.  She also earned a Master in Business Administration from the University of Richmond.  Her practice includes family law; wills, trusts, and estate planning and administration; military law; and government security clearance determinations.

Areas of Practice

Family Law

Estate Planning and Administration

Government and Military Law

Bar Admissions

Virginia

District of Columbia

Ohio

California

U.S. Supreme Court

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces

U.S. Army Court of Criminal Appeals

U.S. Court of Federal Claims

U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit

Education

The University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Juris Doctorate

University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia, MBA

Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, BA in Economics

National War College  1992

Armed Forces Staff College  1984

 

Judge Advocate General's School Graduate Course 1977

Published Works

Planning for Proliferation: Rethinking U.S. Military Strategy, National War Coll., Sept. 2005

The ABC's of the Appointment Process: Advice, Bureaucratic Politics and Consent, National War Coll., Dec. 1991

Bar Counsel Column in the Washington Lawyer, the official magazine of the D.C. Bar, from May 2000 through Apr. 2005

Honors and Awards

Appointed Commissioner on the Commission on Military Justice, Jan. 2009, est. by the Nat'l Institute of Mil. Justice and the Mil. Justice Committee of the American Bar Association Criminal Justice Section

Distinguished Service Medal

Legion of Merit (2)

 

Inductee of Lakewood High School Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame 2008

 

Numerous distinguished writing awards at Armed Forces Staff College and National War College

 

Distinguished Military Graduate in 1977, 1984 and 1992

Professional Associations and Memberships

American Bar Association

California State Bar Association

Virginia State Bar Association

District of Columbia Bar

Fairfax County Bar Association

Past Employment Positions

U.S. Army, Judge Advocate General's Corps

U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.

Bar Counsel for the District of Columbia

Calfee, Halter & Griswold in Cleveland, Ohio