MEET BILL PETERSON
“Hunting and fishing and the taking of game and fish are a valued part of our heritage that shall be forever preserved for the people and shall be managed by law and regulation for the public good.”
Minnesota Constitution, Article 13, § 12
Bill Peterson is an attorney with 40 years of experience in Minnesota Department of Natural Resources issues. Mr. Peterson graduated from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 1969. He spent nine years with the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office assigned to the Department of Natural Resources (DNR). He handled hundreds of cases for the DNR, including over 20 cases to the Minnesota Supreme Court and the U.S. Eighth Circuit of Appeals.
After his service as an assistant to the Attorney General, he was elected to two terms in the Minnesota Legislature where he spent a considerable amount of time on environmental and game and fish issues.
He has been engaged in the private practice of law for over 25 years. He has represented many sportsmen, hunting and fishing clubs, resorts, municipalities and conservation organizations involving wildlife and water law issues. Clients have included the Minnesota Waterfowl Association, Pheasants Forever, The Nature Conservancy and many sportsman’s clubs.
Bill Peterson is admitted to practice before the courts of Minnesota and Wisconsin, the Federal courts in Minnesota, Wisconsin and the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Supreme Court. Mr. Peterson is married and lives with his wife Ann and their two children in Bloomington.
