Erik C. Peterson, Esquire

    Erik Peterson is not just another attorney... 

         Mr. Peterson, upon graduating from North Carolina StateUniversity with a Bachelors degree in Business Management, returned home to New Jersey seeking employment that not only would provide him with a paycheck but also provide him with the hands on knowledge and experience necessary to operate a successful business. 

        Mr. Peterson was offered such an opportunity by Beneficial Management Corporation, an international financial services company headquartered in Peapack, New Jersey.

            Mr. Peterson was recruited to join Beneficial’s Accelerated Management Program (AMP).  The AMP recruited a handful or less college graduates in each of the company’s regions each year.  The program was designed to groom candidates for executive positions in the company by having them learn the business from the ground up.  Thus, Mr. Peterson learned how to perform every aspect of the lending process from solicitation through collections and then was given intense training in all aspects of managing a business.  Mr. Peterson worked his way up the corporate ladder and was running the New Jersey operations of Beneficial’s mortgage banking subsidiary Personal Mortgage Corporation before he decided to attend law school.

 Looking for a challenge Mr. Peterson decided that law school would offer that challenge and allow him to take what he learned at Beneficial to a higher level.  Mr. Peterson attended Temple University School of Law graduating in 1996 and then passed both the New Jersey and Pennsylvania Bar Examinations that same year.  While attending Temple Law School, Mr. Peterson concentrated his studies to the areas of law that most interested him Real Estate Law, Trust and Estate Law and Business Law with the intent of providing legal services in these areas of law to individuals and businesses upon graduation.  While in school and upon graduation Mr. Peterson worked for several law firms before deciding to form his own law firm.

             Under Mr. Peterson’s direction, his law firm has developed a reputation of representing their clients with integrity, diligence and sound advice.  Having a trained businessman at the helm, the firm understands that its role in a transaction, whether it is the purchase of commercial real estate or a simple Will, is not to find reasons why a client should not do something but rather how to assist their clients in reaching their goals and objectives.  To reach a client’s goals and objectives Mr. Peterson and his associates work directly with each client and spend the time necessary to learn the client’s circumstances, their goals and objectives.  Unlike most law firms where you only hear from the paralegal the attorneys of the firm work directly with the client to ensure that the client understands the plan of action and provide ample time to answer any questions.  As a result of the firms reputation,  its can do philosophy and accessibility, the firm has grown over the years mostly through referrals.

             In addition to running the law firm, Mr. Peterson is active in the community.  Currently, Mr. Peterson was elected in 2005 to a three year term on the Hunterdon County Board of Chosen Freeholders, he is also a member of the New Jersey Highlands Water Protection and Planning Council.  Mr. Peterson also sits on the boards of local non-profits and is a member of his church’s finance committee and the New Jersey and Hunterdon County Bar Associations.