Peter W. Schroeter, Managing Partner

E-mail: pschroeter@sesg.com
Toll Free: (866) 767-4359

 

Peter is the managing partner of the firm and has practiced law for 29 years, concentrating on Mediation/Arbitration services and civil litigation.  He mediates more than 100 cases a year involving a wide variety of civil litigation matters, including business, construction, contracts, employment, insurance, personal injury, medical malpractice, probate and real estate.  He has been selected by his peers to be included in the 2009 edition of the Best Lawyers in America. His qualifications and experience include:

  • Superior Court General Civil Litigation Mediation Roster;
  • Court Alternative Dispute Resolution (CADRES) Mediation Roster;
  • Maine Alternative Dispute Resolution Professionals;
  • New England Chapter of the Association for Conflict Resolution;
  • American Bar Association Dispute Resolution Section;
  • Maine State Bar Association ADR/Section, 5 years with two as chairman;
  • Formal Mediation Training;
  • Fee Arbitration Commission Arbitrator, 5 years;
  • Southern Maine Fee Arbitration Commission Arbitrator.

Representative Cases:

Slater v. Merit Management, LLC, et al, (U.S. District Court, District of Maine, Docket No. CV 01-119, 2002), $960,000 verdict in amusement park personal injury case;

Emery v. Hussey, 679 A2d 1284 (Maine 1997), $400,000 products liability verdict upheld on appeal;

Walker v. Provost, 566 A2d 749 (Maine 1989), verdict in real estate boundary case awarding 42 acre parcel upheld on appeal;

Pawloski v. Century 21 Baltour, et al, (Cumberland County Superior Court Docket No. CV-89-550), $150,000 verdict, including $25,000 punitive damages, in misrepresentation case involving sale of business.

Searles v. Fleetwood Homes of Pennsylvania and Schiavi Homes, $203,782 verdict for mold damage to family's home and mold related problems plus $70,348 award in attorneys' fees and costs due to the jury's finding for violation of Maine's Unfair Trade Practice law upheld on appeal.  The jury verdict was the first of its kind in Maine to award damages from mold related health problems and the appeal was the first time the Maine Supreme Judicial Court had considered the issue of whether medical evidence of mold causing health problems was sufficiently reliable and scientifically based to be accepted by the courts.

Representative Clients: Mohlin and Company Engineering; Prescott Metals; Milestone Foundation; Saco & Biddeford Savings Institution; Ocean Communities Federal Credit Union; Wasburn & Doughty Associates; Sanweco, dba Kentucky Fried Chicken;York County Veterans Alliance;Biddeford Saco County Club

Presentations: Personnel Law Update, "Beware of ADA Mixed Motive Exposure" Counsel on Education in Management, 1997; "Many faces of ADR: Employment/Sexual Harassment and Personal Injury/ Insurance Cases," Maine State Bar Association, 1998; "Protecting Corporate Clients From Individual Liability", Sunrise Professional Sessions, 2002.

Education: New England School of Law, Boston, MA, 1980, J.D.; Honors: Magna Cum Laude; Bates College, Lewiston, Maine, 1975, B.A

New England Law Review, 1978-1980, Editor: 1979-1980

Bar Admissions: Maine, 1980; Massachusetts, 1980; U.S. District Court District of Maine, 1980.

Professional Associations/Memberships: American Bar Association, Employment Law and Alternative Dispute Resolution Sections; Maine State Bar Association; Maine Trial Lawyers Association; Maine State Bar Fee Arbitration Commission Southern Maine Panel 1989-1994, Chairman 1992-1994; City of Saco, Planning Board, 1997-2000, Chairman, 1999; Friends of Saco Schools, 1996-1998, Founder and President

Best Laywers: Peter is also listed on BestLawyers.com.

Practice Areas
Arbitration/Mediation
Civil Litigation
Commercial Litigation
Construction Law
Contracts
Employment Law
Personal Injury
Probate Litigation
Real Estate Law and Litigation