Peter Sverd, ESQ

Peter Sverd is an experienced litigation attorney representing individual and corporate clients before the state courts of New York, as well as in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern, Southern and Western Districts of New York, and the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. Mr. Sverd has litigated extensively for individual and corporate clients in the areas of contract disputes, corporate dissolution and partnership disputes, actions arising out of breach of fiduciary duties; shareholder derivative actions; judgment enforcement actions; actions to set aside fraudulent conveyances; co-op, condo, and real property litigation; actions to quiet title; partition actions; and commercial and residential landlord-tenant matters.

Mr. Sverd had the honor of serving as the village attorney of the Incorporated Village of Poquott from 2006 to 2014, at which time he advised the mayor, trustees, code enforcement, planning board and zoning board of appeals.

Mr. Sverd was honored with the award of “Outstanding Prosecutor” from the Suffolk County District Attorney’s East End Bureau, earned a “Certificate of Appreciation” from U.S. Sen. Charles E. Schumer, and was credited as a contributor to the “Citizens Energy Master Plan” which was developed by Long Islanders for Long Islanders. Mr. Sverd earned his Juris Doctor from St. John’s University School of Law in 2002, and he received both his Master of Arts in public policy analysis, and his Bachelor of Arts from Stony Brook University."