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Peter Slocum

Partner

New Jersey
T: +1 973.597.6198 F: +1 973.597.2400 pslocum@lowenstein.com
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Peter Slocum represents public and private clients in many industries, with a focus on state government issues ranging from complex licensing and regulatory matters to permit revocations, constitutional challenges, and internal investigations. Combining sound advice and sharp judgment with extensive trial and government experience, Peter also represents clients in a wide array of litigation matters, including white collar defense, arbitrations, business divorce, appellate practice, and civil litigation.

Peter returned to the firm in 2018 after serving as First Assistant Attorney General for the State of New Jersey, where he was the second-ranking lawyer in the State and served as one of the principal legal advisors to both the Governor and the Attorney General. Peter also previously served as Counsel to the Attorney General, Assistant Counsel to the Governor, and Deputy Attorney General. In these various roles, Peter attained a thorough understanding of the operations of state government and represented the State in some of its most pressing legal challenges. These included litigating New Jersey’s sports betting challenge from the first district court proceeding through the ultimate win before the U.S. Supreme Court; prevailing in a first-of-its-kind constitutional challenge before the New Jersey Supreme Court that defined legislative powers; prevailing in a test case before the New Jersey Appellate Division concerning the Mistaken Imprisonment Act; successfully defending the Executive Order that restructured all information technology in the state government; and fending off challenges to the carry-permit regulations of the Division of New Jersey State Police. Peter also handled a wide variety of other matters, ranging from complications arising after Superstorm Sandy to employment law, tort law, election law, condemnation, public procurement, and litigation under the Open Public Records Act. He also assisted the Office of the Governor in sorting through legal issues arising out of the “Bridgegate” affair and successfully tried to verdict numerous matters in New Jersey Superior Court as first chair. 

Peter routinely draws on his government experience in providing key insight and advice to his clients. He regularly represents private entities faced with regulatory or compliance issues in the long-term care industry and motor vehicle sales industry. Peter represents governmental entities in enforcement actions and internal investigations, and handles appeals of administrative rulemaking and final agency decisions. And he handles a wide variety of related civil litigation in state and federal courts, ranging from contract disputes to attorney ethics to tort claims, from inception through trial and appeal. 

Peter began his career as a law clerk for the Honorable Barry T. Albin of the Supreme Court of New Jersey. He previously served as a member of the State Board of Psychological Examiners.

  • Represented an electricity generation company before the New Jersey Appellate Division, successfully defending a decision from the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities worth hundreds of millions of dollars per year.
  • Represented private companies in connection with an investigation concerning billions of dollars of tax credits awarded by the New Jersey Economic Development Authority.
  • Represented a publicly traded supermarket company through trial, successfully defending against claims of contractual breach.
  • Prevailed before the New Jersey Supreme Court in dismissing claims against a New Jersey public health care organization.
  • Prevailed in dismissing claims of attorney malpractice against a law firm, successfully obtaining fees for frivolous litigation that were ultimately upheld by the New Jersey Supreme Court.
  • Represented the Office of the Governor in response to a legislative investigation concerning the administration’s hiring practices.
  • Represented the Governor and other state officials in federal district court to the United States Supreme Court, ultimately defeating challenges to New Jersey’s sports betting statutes.
  • Represented the Governor in successfully defeating constitutional challenges to New Jersey’s campaign finance laws.
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Education

  • Seton Hall University School of Law (J.D., 2010), magna cum laude; Order of the Coif; Business Editor, Seton Hall Law Review; Chair, Seton Hall Mock Trial Board

    Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (B.S., 2007), Accounting, magna cum laude

     

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