| Admission Details | 1986, Missouri, Kansas and U.S. District Court Western District of Missouri; 1994, U.S. District Court, District of Kansas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; 1998, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit |
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| Education | University of Missouri, B.A.; University of Missouri, LL.B. |
| Birth Information | Kansas City, Missouri, January 6, 1955 |
| Associations & Memberships | Kansas City Metropolitan, Kansas and American Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar. |
| Additional Bio Details | Recipient: Patrick B. Hall Trial Attorney of the Year, 1991. Member, University of Missouri-Kansas City Law Review. Patrick Peters was born in Kansas City, Missouri and grew up in Kansas City,
Independence and Lake Tapawingo. His mom and dad (Margo & Bill) passed in 1996.
His father was Judge William J. Peters, a Circuit Judge in Division 16 in Independence,
Missouri.
Prior to becoming a lawyer, Patrick owned a sound and lighting company and worked
as a disc-jockey in several Kansas City nightspots, including Fanny's, Dirty Sally's and
Eyes.
During law school, Patrick wrote a law review casenote on juror death qualification in
capital cases, and co-wrote an amicus brief on the issue with UMKC Law School Dean
Robert Popper for the United States Supreme Court. Ten months out of law school,
Patrick successfully prosecuted his first death penalty case, State of Missouri v. William
Jones. In his nine years with the Jackson County Prosecutor's Office, he tried over 100
felony cases, including seven death penalty cases.
In 1992, Patrick ran as the Republican candidate (unsuccessfully) for Jackson County
Prosecuting Attorney. After leaving the prosecutor's office in 1993, Patrick began
computer programming and has developed a number of relational database programs
for case management, drug court, bad checks and litigation support.
In 1995, he was hired to set up capital litigation in the Kansas Attorney General's
Office, as Kansas had recently reenacted capital punishment. In 1996, Pat returned to
criminal law, practicing in both Missouri and Kansas. |