Peter Zuger was born in Bismarck, North
Dakota, on June 17, 1980. He attended
the University of Mary in Bismarck, where he graduated in 2003. He went on to receive his J.D. degree from
the University of North Dakota School of Law in 2008. While in law school, Mr. Zuger was a member
of the Board of Editors for the North Dakota Law Review, won UND’s Moot Court
and Mock Trial competitions, and was a semi-finalist in a regional trial
competition hosted by the American College of Trial Lawyers. After law school, Mr. Zuger served as a law
clerk for the South Central Judicial District in Bismarck, North Dakota. Mr. Zuger joined the firm in 2009. Mr. Zuger’s practice areas include commercial
litigation, shareholder disputes, insurance defense litigation, legal
malpractice defense, products liability litigation, plaintiff’s personal injury
litigation, banking and creditor’s rights, and a variety of other litigation
areas.
Mr. Zuger is a trial lawyer. He has tried a number of cases to judges,
juries, and the disciplinary hearing panel.
He has argued cases before the North Dakota Supreme Court, including Quality Bank v. Cavett, 2010 ND 183, 788
N.W.2d 679. In Cavett, Mr. Zuger represented the bank. The plaintiff argued that the bank’s
overdraft fees of more than $75,000 were unconscionable. The Supreme Court ruled in Mr. Zuger’s client’s
favor, upholding the lower court’s dismissal of the plaintiff’s claims. Mr. Zuger has also argued before the Eighth
Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel.
In 2011, Mr. Zuger was appointed to be a
member of the North Dakota Pattern Jury Instruction Commission. He serves alongside other trial judges and
trial attorneys in drafting pattern jury instructions for attorneys to use in North
Dakota jury trials.
Education
- University
of North Dakota School of Law, JD, 2008, with Distinction
- University
of Mary, B.S. in Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2003, Cum Laude
Bar
Admissions
- North
Dakota
- Minnesota
-
United
States District Court for the District of North Dakota
-
United
States District Court for the District of Minnesota
- United
States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Practice
Areas
- Commercial
Litigation
-
Corporate
Litigation
-
Insurance
Litigation
-
Professional
Disciplinary Action Defense
-
Professional
Malpractice Defense
- Personal
Injury
-
Banking
and Creditor’s Rights
Professional
Associations and Memberships
- North
Dakota State Bar Association
-
Minnesota
State Bar Association
- Cass
County Bar Association
- Pattern
Jury Instruction Commission
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