Peter J.Choi

Peter has deep experience and provides counsel to clients in every phase of litigation. He has defended private and public entities in single-plaintiff employment cases of racial, national origin, sexual, and age discrimination and whistleblower retaliation from pre-litigation to settlement. He has briefed and argued motions to dismiss, motions for summary judgment, and discovery motions. Peter has drafted answers to complaints, cross-complaints, mediation briefs, trial briefs, and settlement agreements, and handles all aspects of discovery, including propounding and answering to written discovery, taking and defending party, third-party, and expert depositions, and analyzing documents for relevance, responsiveness, and privilege prior to production. Peter is skilled in conducting employee investigations, analyzing legal issues, and preparing legal memoranda on clients’ liability and exposure. He has also drafted and argued motions in limine, jury instructions, and verdict forms in preparation for trial.

Prior to joining Seyfarth, Peter practiced at two boutique law firms in San Diego, focusing on class action antitrust litigation. He earned his undergraduate degree from University of California, Los Angeles and his Juris Doctor from University of California, Hastings College of the Law, where he received awards in employment discrimination and served as the executive internal editor for the Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly.