Peter C. Amuso

Peter Amuso’s law career was inspired by his hero, his grandfather. Peter followed in his grandfather’s footsteps and attended Georgetown University on an Army ROTC Scholarship, graduating magna cum laude in 1994. He delayed his active duty service in the Army to attend Harvard Law School, graduating with honors in 1997. After graduating from Harvard, Peter served overseas as an active duty Army officer in the Judge Advocate General’s Corps.

While in the JAG Corps, Peter worked on the defense team of an innocent Army soldier accused of homicide while serving in Kosovo. The soldier’s acquittal made the banner headline “NOT GUILTY” in the Stars and Stripes. After four years on active duty, Peter left the Army in 2002, and returned home to Pennsylvania.

He joined a large Philadelphia law firm, where he handled litigation at every level from Pennsylvania state trial courts, the federal district courts in Pennsylvania, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Peter then managed zoning and land-use litigation for a major developer throughout eastern Pennsylvania and across the country.

Simply put, Peter likes being able to use his legal expertise to right wrongs. His duty is to help clients navigate increasingly complex laws and procedures to get to the result they want. Peter is especially passionate about school labor law, and has litigated labor matters from local arbitrations to the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board. He believes that every student deserves to have a teacher of the highest personal and professional caliber. Peter won the first case in front of the Pennsylvania Secretary of Education interpreting the PA School Code on the quality of transportation a school district must provide to the students of a charter school. Peter is a frequent speaker for the Pennsylvania School Boards Association, addressing issues ranging from labor negotiations to legal ethics. He also lectures annually at Lehigh University’s Special Education Law Conference.

Peter has expertise across the full spectrum of zoning matters. Over the years, he has represented developers, individuals, and public and private schools, and non-profit organizations in every conceivable zoning and land use matter in front of zoning hearing boards across southeastern Pennsylvania. Peter gets results in the courtroom. Peter understands the full range of options for his criminal defense clients and he uses his expertise to ensure the best possible outcome. Peter is also involved in the community. Peter was elected to the school board of the School District of Springfield Township in 2005, and he served his four-year term as Chair of the Property Committee, overseeing the construction of a new elementary school as well as the substantial renovation of a middle school.

He was the 2007 Democratic nominee for District Attorney of Montgomery County, as well as the 2010 Springfield Township Democrat of the Year. He is a Life Member of his local VFW Post 7919, and a member of the Arthur Savage American Legion Post 100 in Wyndmoor. Peter is married to his college sweetheart, with whom he has four children, ages 11 to 17. He coaches the CYO track team at his parish, Our Mother of Consolation, located in the Chestnut Hill section of Philadelphia, where is also the Cubmaster of Pack 1855. Peter has served as pro bono counsel for the Friends of Historic Bethlehem Pike, and teaches Constitutional Law as an adjunct professor at Chestnut Hill College. He is currently Chair of the Board of Keystone Hospice and Keystone Health in Wyndmoor.