Peter Hsiao

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Peter Hsiao has 39 years of experience as a first-chair trial lawyer. He is the head of the West Coast Environmental, Health & Safety Practice resident in Los Angeles. Drawing upon his chemical engineering background, Peter is one of the nation’s leading attorneys in environmental, natural resources, climate change and toxic tort law. He is a Fellow and former Chair of the Board of Regents of the American College of Environmental Lawyers. Peter is also former Chair of the State Bar of California's Environmental Law Section and a former member of the ABA's Standing Committee on Environmental Law.

Mr. Hsiao is one of 16 lawyers named as a Distinguished Environmental Advocate by the American Bar Association and is the editor of the California Environmental and Natural Resources Law Handbook. He is past-president of the Board of Directors for the Los Angeles County Bar Association's Counsel for Justice. He is a life fellow of the American Bar Foundation, former chair of the State Bar of California Committee on Legal Services to the Poor, and recipient of the Wiley W. Manuel Award for pro bono legal services.