Peter Prindiville is an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the firm’s Supreme Court & Appellate Practice.
Peter’s practice focuses on appeals and dispositive trial court motions. Peter has drafted briefs in the Supreme Court, five federal circuits, the Illinois and California Supreme Courts, the New York Supreme Court Appellate Division, and other state appellate courts. Peter has also scored significant, precedent-setting appellate victories highlighted by The American Lawyer (Litigator of the Week), Law360 (Legal Lion of the Week), and other publications. In the trial courts, Peter has drafted motions to dismiss and for summary judgment in high stakes cases involving constitutional, administrative, antitrust, securities, intellectual property, and contract law. Peter also provides strategic counseling to clients on a wide range of legal and public policy matters, with a focus on complex questions of constitutional, statutory, and administrative law.
Peter maintains an active pro bono practice, primarily representing individuals in civil rights appeals. In the Supreme Court’s 2024 Term, Peter was integral in securing a unanimous victory in A.J.T. v. Osseo Area Schools, which expanded legal protections for students with disabilities. He also secured relief in a Fourth Circuit case raising novel questions of federal procedural law on behalf of an incarcerated individual pursuing constitutional claims.
Peter returned to Latham after serving as a law clerk to Judge Scott M. Matheson, Jr. of the US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. He previously was a non-resident fellow at the Stanford Constitutional Law Center and a fellow with the Senate Judiciary Committee, where he worked on legislative, oversight, and judicial nomination matters.
In addition to his litigation practice, Peter has published on a number of legal topics for popular and academic audiences. His first book, co-authored with Sen. Russ Feingold, received a Booklist star and was a finalist for the American Bar Association Silver Gavel Award, the ABA’s highest honor recognizing “outstanding work that fosters the American public’s understanding of law and the legal system.”
Before beginning his legal career, Peter was a high school history teacher in Biloxi, Mississippi.
