Born: Madison, Wisconsin

Admitted to bar: 1993, California; United States District Court, Central District of California; Colorado; United States District Court, District of Colorado.

Education: Providence College (B.A. 1986); Southwestern University School of Law (J.D. 1993).

Memberships: Association of Southern California Defense Counsel; California Bar Association; Los Angeles County Bar Association; Colorado Bar Association.

Lectures, Seminars and Publications:
Publications: Contribution to article entitled “Don't Allow Pressure Ulcers to be Sorely Missed” in Regents of University of California Spring/Summer Newsletter Managing Risk (Vol. VI, Issue 2); “EADACPA & The California Health Care Professional: Who’s Abusing Whom?” Association of Southern California Defense Counsel Verdict Magazine (4th quarter 2000 edition).
Lectures and Presentations: Elder and Dependent Adult Abuse Litigation - Regents of the University of California Quarterly Claims Presentation, Los Angeles, California (November 1999); The Elder Abuse Act and its Potential Impact on Medical Negligence Cases - Regents of the University of California Southern California Claims Presentation, Orange, California (April 2000); Elder Abuse and the Health Care Provider - University of California at San Francisco, Fresno Continuing Medical Education Program, Guest Lecturer Series at University Medical Center, Fresno, California (May 2000); Elder Abuse and the Health Care Provider - University of California at San Francisco, Fresno Continuing Medical Education Program, Guest Lecturer Series at Veterans Administration Medical Center, Fresno, California (May 2000); “Legal and Ethical Issues in Bariatric Care: Nursing Malpractice and Dependent Adult Abuse” Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society 33rd Annual Conference Portland, Oregon (Invited Speaker, June 2001); Legal Aspects of Risk Management: Hot Topics - UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, California (September 2001); “Elder Abuse Litigation: Defense and Damage Control” Association of Southern California Defense Counsel 45th Annual Seminar, Los Angeles, California (Program Speaker, February 2006); SuperLawyers 2009.

Joined Maranga * Morgenstern: Associate, 1993; Partner, 2000.

John Peterson is an experienced medical malpractice lawyer with a substantial practice in elder and dependent adult abuse litigation. Mr. Peterson is licensed to practice in the state and federal courts of California and Colorado.