Peter J. Dunne is a St. Louis native who received his A.B. in History from Saint Louis University in 1978 and his J.D. from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1983. He was admitted to the Bar of the State of Missouri in 1983 and the Illinois Bar in 1986. He is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States, the United States Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit and the United States District Courts of Eastern and Western Missouri and the Southern District of Illinois.

Peter is a Member of The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis (Chair, Municipal Law and Practice Committee 1992-1993); The Lawyers Association of St. Louis (President, 2002); the International Association of Defense Counsel, and is Treasurer of the Eastern Missouri/Southern Illinois Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates.

Peter is an adjunct faculty member at Webster University in the Legal Studies Program; he is a volunteer lawyer for Legal Services of Eastern Missouri and is a frequent speaker at CLE programs on litigation and trial practice. He has tried over 175 cases to verdict in State and Federal courts and concentrates his practice on the defense of civil rights suits against police officers and health care providers, personal injury claims and general litigation.

Education

• University of Missouri, Columbia
• J.D., 1983
• Saint Louis University
• A.B. History, 1978

• Missouri
• Illinois
• United States District Courts
• Eastern District of Missouri
• Western District of Missouri
• Southern District of Illinois
• United States Court of Appeals
• 8th Circuit
• Supreme Court of the United States

• Court Approved Mediator
• St. Louis City Circuit Court
• St. Louis County Circuit Court
• United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

• The Lawyers Association of St. Louis
• Executive Committee, 1994 - Present
• President, 2001 - 2002
• The Bar Association of Metropolitan Saint Louis
• Municipal Law and Practice Committee Chair, 1993 - 1994
• Adjunct Faculty, Webster University, St. Louis
• 2004 - Present: Legal Studies Program
• American Board of Trial Avocates
• Chapter Treasurer, 2008 - 2009
• St. Louis University School of Law
• Adjunct Faculty 2009

• Principal, Rabbitt, Pitzer & Snodgrass, P.C. (1991 - Present)
• Associate, Brown, James & Rabbitt, P.C. (1985 - 1991)
• Staff Trial Attorney, 21st Judicial Circuit (St. Louis County) State of Missouri, Office of the Public Defender

• University of Missouri - CLE Programs - Trial Practice
• Mealey Publication and Lorman Continuing Legal Education
• 1995 - 2000, Moderator, Effective Use of Depositions at Trial - 2000 - 2001, Toxic Torts: Defense Perspectives in Lead Paint Litigation 2001 - 2002, Lorman Continuing Legal Education Seminar: Defense Perspectives in Federal Civil Rights Litigation
• St. Louis Lawyer Magazine
• Contributing Bi-Monthly Columnist: "Historical Perspectives"

• Legal Services of Eastern Missouri
• American Board of Trial Advocates 2007
• Volunteer Lawyer of the Year 2005 Advocate