Pete is the founder of LEPISCOPO & ASSOCIATES. Pete has been in private practice in San Diego and Orange Counties since being admitted to the California Bar in 1989. His primary areas of concentration have been in mergers and acquisitions (most recent $400M, hightech merger and spinout; $111M, sale of medical company; $25M, sale of industrial park, and $10M, acquisition of winery, restaurant, tasting room, and large grape farm), corporate and business law, civil litigation, appeals in state and federal courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court, and state and federal constitutional law matters. For more details regarding precedent setting cases handled by Pete, please see Notable Cases.

Pete is retained as outside general counsel, as well as advising and representing members of Congress, California legislators, individuals, corporations and businesses, government entities, non-profit organizations, churches, local legislators, professional athletes, and members of the press.

Many consumers are now making purchasing decisions based on the sustainability and social consciousness of a business. Being on the cutting-edge of legal representation, Pete will advise and guide your business formation or conversion to harmonize your products and services in order to create and maintain a sustainable and socially conscious business entity known as a benefit company.

Pete is a member of the Bar of the U.S. Supreme Court, the Fifth and Ninth U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeal, and all U.S. District Courts in California and the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. He has recently represented the State of West Virginia in the Fifth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court, and has acted as lead or amicus counsel in significant cases, including the California challenge to the 2010 Affordable Care Act, the Mount Soledad Veterans’ War Memorial Cross case in San Diego, the Texas and Kentucky Ten Commandments cases, and the Pledge of Allegiance case (for details, please see Notable Cases).

Prior to being admitted to the Bar, Pete was employed as a hardware and software design engineer by the Fortune 500 defense contracting firms of Scientific Atlanta, General Dynamics, and Loral Space & Communications (formerly Loral Corporation), where he worked on classified projects such as anti-submarine warfare, F-16 fighter jet, B-1 strategic bomber, and aircraft avionics test systems.

Pete’s education is comprehensive in law, finance, and science, as he holds a jurisprudence doctorate, an MBA in finance, and a BS in computer science. For more details, download Pete’s Curriculum Vitae below.