Biography
Peter Godwin is an investor, entrepreneur and a practicing attorney with over three decades of transactional and regulatory experience across many industries, including tech, telecoms, financial services and hospitality.
He has represented small private and public companies, specializing in the particular needs of technology start-ups. He has worked in private practice for small to mid-sized law firms in Washington, D.C. and Chicago, and in-house at companies ranging from fledgling start-ups to a Fortune 500 in Chicago, Los Angeles, and Washington State. Peter’s business interests and clients have been diverse across industries and geographically. Among other pursuits, Peter has been a Trustee for a small private primary and secondary school in Los Angeles for over a decade, has run for Mayor of and served on the Board of Ethics for the City of Evanston, Illinois, and produced an award-winning feature film. In his spare time, he enjoys carpentry, good food and wine and raising chickens.
Peter retains an active license to practice law in the District of Columbia, Illinois and Washington State, and currently is an inactive member of the Georgia State Bar.
Education
- Cornell Law School, Ithaca, New York
- J.D. – 1992
- Major: Specialization on International Legal Affairs
- University of Chicago
- M.A. in Social Science
- B.A. in Economics