Career Highlights

• Firm Founder: Founded the Law Office of Brett Peterson in 2008 to create a personal-injury practice dedicated to protecting injured people and challenging unfair treatment by insurance companies.
• Plaintiff and Insurance-Defense Training: Developed experience on both sides of civil litigation through work with Rosenberg Shpall & Associates, Daley & Heft, and Deuprey & Associates. His decade of plaintiff and civil-defense work provides valuable insight into how injury claims are evaluated, defended, and negotiated.
• More Than 27 Years of Civil-Litigation Experience: Has practiced in San Diego since 1998, handling personal injury, motor-vehicle accidents, dog attacks, workers’ compensation, medical malpractice, premises liability, serious injuries, and related civil claims.
• Thousands of Personal-Injury Matters: Has handled thousands of personal-injury cases since 1998, giving him substantial experience evaluating claims, negotiating with insurers, and determining when litigation may be necessary.
• Complete Personal Responsibility: Personally handles client calls, emails, meetings, negotiations, and court hearings instead of transferring cases to junior attorneys or unfamiliar support personnel.
• Honest Advice—even When It Means Not Hiring Him: Tells prospective clients whether they appear to have a strong claim and whether they may be better served handling it themselves, retaining him, or choosing another attorney whose experience is better suited to the matter.
• Client-Protective Fee Commitment: Works on contingency and states that his written fee agreement requires him to reduce his attorney fee when necessary so that it does not exceed the amount the client receives.
• Client-Controlled Litigation Decisions: Pursues settlement first when appropriate and files a lawsuit only after discussing the requirements, consequences, and available options with the client.
• Extensive Consumer Legal Education: Maintains a substantial collection of publicly available articles answering practical questions about car accidents, bicycle injuries, hit-and-run collisions, dog bites, construction accidents, children’s injury claims, insurance coverage, physical therapy, and the personal-injury process.
• Exceptional Public Feedback: Maintains a perfect 5.0-star Google rating based on 42 reviews for his San Diego practice. One client captured the personal and faith-centered nature of his care in nine words: “He prayed with me and treated me like family.”
• Community and Animal-Welfare Involvement: Participates in university alumni activities and fosters animals from a local shelter.

Proven Experience

• Millions Recovered for Injured Motorists: Has recovered millions of dollars for people injured in motor-vehicle accidents, including claims requiring direct negotiation with insurance companies and litigation when a fair settlement could not be reached.
• Improved Settlement for an Injured Pedestrian: Represented a pedestrian struck by a vehicle near Mesa College. After the initial settlement offer fell short, Peterson continued pursuing the claim, obtained an improved offer, and negotiated related insurance issues for the client.
• Uninsured-Driver Settlement: Represented a person seriously injured in a collision caused by an uninsured driver. Peterson continued fighting for a recovery and obtained a settlement that helped address the client’s medical expenses.
• Prompt Dog-Bite Settlement: Represented a client in a dog-bite claim, explained the process clearly, and brought the matter to a successful settlement without unnecessary delay.
• Accident Recovery Exceeding Expectations: Obtained a personal-injury result that a client publicly described as better than the client had believed possible, while remaining personally accessible throughout the claim.
• Repeat Accident Representation: Earned the continued confidence of a client who returned to Peterson following a second motor-vehicle accident and credited him with handling both matters while allowing the client to concentrate on healing and recovery.