Peter Hsiao

Peter Hsiao has 40 years of experience as a first-chair trial lawyer. He is head of the West Coast Environmental, Health & Safety Practice. Drawing upon his chemical engineering background, he is one of the nation’s leading attorneys in environmental, natural resources, climate change and toxic tort law.

Peter is a Fellow and former Chair of the Board of Regents of the American College of Environmental Lawyers. He 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 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.