Peter J DeFrank

Peter’s most recent verdict was in the amount of $250,000 for a young man with a lower back injury. The offer to settle from the insurance company prior to trial was $5,000.

He graduated, cum laude, from the University of Jacksonville, Florida on a rowing scholarship and received the award for Outstanding Student Athlete of the Year in 2004. Peter also graduated with a 4.0 G.P.A. in his major of Finance and was recognized on the National “Dean’s List.”

Peter graduated, cum laude, from Quinnipiac University School of Law. While in law school, he competed for the Moot Court Honor’s Society receiving “Top Ten” Orator Honors in National Competitions. He was also selected for a federal court externship position with the chambers of the Honorable Magistrate William I. Garfinkel in the District Court of Connecticut during his second year.

After law school and prior to beginning his practice, Peter clerked for the Honorable Garry J. Furnari of the Superior Court of New Jersey in Essex County and is proud to be admitted to practice law in New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut.