Peter F. Asmer Jr. This is Me

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1. 1. COZEN O'CONNOR -- Attorney Biography

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   Published on: 9/5/2006   Last Visited: 9/5/2006

   Peter F. Asmer COZEN O'CONNOR -- Attorney Biography
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   Peter F. Asmer, Jr., Member
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   Peter F. Asmer, Jr. joined the firm's Columbia, South Carolina office in May 1991, where he gained significant trial and litigation experience handling a variety of cases including those involving bad faith, medical malpractice defense, casualty and products liability defense, commercial disputes and subrogation and recovery. In June 1996, Peter transferred to the firm's Charlotte, North Carolina office, where he became a full time member of the subrogation unit.
   
   Peter has litigated claims and obtained recoveries for the firm's clients in matters as far ranging as:
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   Peter regularly speaks at seminars on issues regarding fire related litigation and subrogation recovery for institutions such as the North Carolina and South Carolina chapters of the International Association of Arson Investigators, the North Carolina Insurance Crime Information Exchange and the South Carolina Bar Association. Peter also conducts training seminars on subrogation and recovery for the firm's insurance clients.
   
   Peter is active in his local community and church. For several years he served on the parish council for St. Patrick's Cathedral in Charlotte, N.C., and he currently works on several of the cathedral's operational and fund raising committees. In October 2005, The Roman Catholic Church invested Peter as a Knight of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, a major Catholic Order of Knighthood dating back to 1099 A.D.
   
   Peter received his bachelor of arts degree, magna cum laude, from Wofford College, where he was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa, in 1988. He earned his law degree at the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1991, where he was inducted into the Order of the Coif and the Order of the Wig and Robe. He is admitted to practice law in both North and South Carolina state and federal courts.