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Peter C. Canfield Member


Atlanta, GA

Peter Canfield joined Dow Lohnes in 1986, became a member of the firm in 1988 and is now senior partner of its Atlanta office. He has over a quarter century experience in complex civil and criminal trial and appellate litigation in courts across the country. For over twenty years, he has counseled on a day-to-day basis newspapers, broadcasters and other media companies.

Memberships and Activities

Editorial Board -Yale Law Journal, 1978-1979

Law Clerk - Honorable Frank M. Johnson, Jr., United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1979-1980

Law Clerk - Honorable Myron H. Thompson, United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, 1980-1981

Trial Attorney - United States Department of Justice, 1981-1983

Deputy District Attorney - Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, Montgomery, Alabama, 1983-1984

Partner - Ross & Stevens, Madison, Wisconsin, 1985-1986

Organizer - Georgia Bar Media & Judiciary Conference, 1989-present

Executive Committee - Libel Defense Resource Center, 1993-1997

Founding Director - Georgia First Amendment Foundation, 1994-present

Co-Chair - Newspaper Association of America, National Association of Broadcasters & Media Law Resource Center Biannual Media Law Conference, 1998-2004

Governing Committee – ABA Forum on Communications Law, 2006-2008

President – Defense Counsel Section, Media Law Resource Center, 2007



   

pcanfield@dowlohnes.com

T: (770) 901-8857
F: (770) 730-6157

Education

  • Amherst College, B.A., 1976
  • Yale Law School, J.D., 1979

Bar Admissions

  • Alabama 1982
  • California 1980
  • Georgia 1987
  • Wisconsin 1985

Honors and Awards

Best Lawyers in America, 1993-present