Christopher Peterson Profile

Christopher Peterson is Professor at the S.J. Quinney College of Law at the University of Utah. Prior to joining the faculty in 2008, Professor Peterson taught for five years at the University of Florida, Fredric G. Levin College of Law.  He also served as judicial clerk for the Honorable Wade Brorby on the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit and then as a consumer rights attorney for the United States Public Interest Research Group in Washington, D.C. While in Washington, he lobbied Congress and federal regulatory agencies on consumer lending policy. A recognized authority on consumer finance, Professor Peterson has appeared before the U.S. Senate Banking Committee, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Federal Reserve Board of Governors, and at the White House. He has lectured widely on credit policy, including recent presentations at Harvard Law School, New York University, and international presentations in Berlin, Hyderabad, Lima, London, Warsaw, and Zurich. Professor Peterson is widely published, including a piece discussing subprime home mortgage lending which was recently named the outstanding consumer finance law review article of the year by the American College of Consumer Financial Services Lawyers. In 2007, the National Association of Consumer Agency Administrators named Professor Peterson the nation’s outstanding consumer advocate in recognition of his role in promoting an act of Congress limiting the price of loans made to military service members.

Professor Peterson teaches contracts, commercial law, and consumer protection.

Selected books & articles by Prof. Peterson

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