Jeffrey Scott Peters

Jeffrey S. Peters is a Partner in Kurzman Eisenberg Corbin & Lever, LLP’s Litigation and Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals practice groups.

Mr. Peters has significant experience practicing in state and federal trial courts and state appellate courts in New York, particularly the Commercial Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, as well as state trial courts in New Jersey. He focuses his practice exclusively on commercial, real estate, and healthcare and pharmaceuticals litigation involving businesses and individuals. He has represented both plaintiffs and defendants, including closely held companies, owners, shareholders, members, and partners of businesses, independent pharmacies, wholesalers and distributors, landlords, and tenants.

He has litigated a wide variety of matters in each of these areas, from complex business transactions, shareholder disputes, and lease disputes to claims involving corporate and personal guarantees. He has handled breach of contract claims, breach of fiduciary duty claims, fraud and misrepresentation claims, and conversion claims, among others.

Mr. Peters has participated in bench trials in New York and New Jersey state courts, as well as a Commercial Division jury trial. He has also briefed several appeals in the First and Second Departments of the Appellate Division in New York.

Prior to joining Kurzman Eisenberg, Mr. Peters spent three years as a law clerk to two federal judges in the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas, gaining judicial insight and perspective.

Mr. Peters received his J.D., magna cum laude, from Pace University School of Law and his B.S. from The Pennsylvania State University. He is admitted to practice in New York and New Jersey, as well as the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Mr. Peters is a member of the Westchester County Bar and the White Plains Bar Association, where he has served as a Director since 2020, as Secretary in 2024, and as President in 2025.