Peter McGuire - Asheville Medical Malpractice Lawyer Reviews & Ratings

Peter McGuire has been practicing law in Western North Carolina since 2002. A native of Asheville, Peter is proud to call this area home and feels a deep responsibility for its people and places. Prior to practicing law, Peter worked as a fly fishing guide on the waters of Western North Carolina and Western Montana.. Peter began his practice at a large law firm in Asheville in 2002 practicing primarily insurance defense and professional malpractice defense. In 2008, Peter formed a solo firm focusing on environmental law and general practice. In 2011, Peter joined Wimer & Associates as a litigation associate, which allows him to practice in varied legal areas and on myriad cases ranging from class actions and insurance matters to catastrophic injury and property disputes.. Peter is a 2002 graduate with high honors from the University of Montana School of Law. He holds a B.A. in religion from Davidson College, which he received in 1996. He is admitted to practice by the North Carolina State Bar, the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina and the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Nation Tribal Court. He is a member of the North Carolina Bar Association in both the Litigation and Environmental Law Sections, and a member of the 28th Judicial District Bar. He was honored by his peers in 2009 and 2011 and listed in Business North Carolina Magazine’s Legal Elite, and is an inaugural member of the Harry C. Martin American Inn of Court.. Peter has served as a member of the Board of Directors of EnergyXchange, a non-profit organization for the research, promotion and utilization of renewable and alternative energies, primarily landfill gas capture, since 2011. From 2003-2009 he was a member of the Mission Health Systems Institutional Review Board. Other community affiliations include past memberships on the boards of Asheville Affiliates and Asheville Downtown Association, Downtown After Five Series. He has served as Legal Counsel to the Asheville Brewers Association since 2009.