Born and raised in San Diego, Mr. Peterson graduated from La Jolla High School in 1978, from San Diego State University in 1982, and from the University of San Diego School of Law in 1986. He is a member and officer of the Supreme Court of the United States, a member of the State Bar of California, the San Diego County Bar Association, the County Bar Real Property Section, and Lambda Alpha International. He has in the past served as Co-Chairman of the Metro San Diego Political Policies Committee appointed by the Building Industry Association of San Diego County.

Mr. Peterson also served as Co-Chairman of the Environmental Law/Land Use Section of the County Bar Association, and was appointed by San Diego City Council to the San Diego Stadium Authority Governing Board, where he has served as Chairman. He was appointed by Mayor Susan Golding to serve on the 1998 Super Bowl Task Force. He currently serves on the Board of the La Jolla Community Foundation (affiliate of the San Diego Foundation).

Mr. Peterson is very active in children's rights issues, serving on the Board of Trustees of Rady Children's Hospital Foundation, and as a "Miracle Maker" in the Children's Hospital Telethons. As part of a professional certificate program in Land Use and Environmental Planning, he has taught "Urban Planning and Development Law" and other land use courses at the University of California San Diego Extension for a number of years. He has also lectured at UCSD, USD and SDSU on matters involving environmental and land use law.

Mr. Peterson is a registered lobbyist and specializes in land use, real property, redevelopment, environmental, coastal, historic, and port development, permitting law and litigation. He has served as a consultant to property buyers and owners on due diligence and site assessment matters, and has served as an expert witness in complex litigation involving land use and real estate matters. As a registered Lobbyist, his practice emphasizes municipal and governmental advocacy, including permitting and processing of discretionary and administrative permits, subdivisions, approvals and property development entitlements, as well as neighborhood code compliance and zoning violation matters.
 

Matthew A. Peterson

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