Craig Peters

Craig M. Peters is a partner and trial attorney at Altair Law in San Francisco, California, where he represents people with catastrophic injuries and families who have lost a loved one. His cases involve defective products, dangerous property conditions, vehicle and machinery accidents, and professional negligence, and other lawyers often bring him in as trial counsel when their cases do not settle.

Before Altair Law, Peters represented victims of asbestos exposure across California and spent 13 years as a criminal defense attorney, including three years as director of training for the San Francisco Public Defender’s Office. He earned his law degree from the University of San Francisco School of Law and bachelor’s degrees in philosophy and communications from UC San Diego. He has taught trial skills at Hastings College of Law and the University of San Francisco School of Law and has taught constitutional law and evidence at San Francisco Law School.

Peters served as president of the Consumer Attorneys of California for 2021-2022 and was named its Consumer Attorney of the Year in 2018 and 2026. He is president-elect of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers for 2026 and a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, and he has served as secretary of the American Association for Justice Council of Presidents. He has been a finalist for San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association Trial Lawyer of the Year six times.