Peter L. Duncan specializes in bankruptcy and commercial litigation. He has extensive experience representing financial institutions in real property, collection, and lender liability cases. Mr. Duncan served as counsel on complex litigation in such matters as the Lincoln Savings and Loan subsidiaries Chapter 11 cases, the Pioneer Mortgage case, and the Nucorp Energy, Inc. Chapter 11 case. Committed to maximizing results while minimizing costs, Mr. Duncan routinely uses computerized litigation support and practice management programs as a means to reduce costs and increase communication to the client in major cases.
In addition to representing financial institutions, Mr. Duncan regularly represents trustees in significant bankruptcy cases. Mr. Duncan recently obtained multimillion dollar recovery on behalf of a Chapter 7 Trustee in fraudulent conveyance litigation involving an individual debtor. Mr. Duncan also recently represented a Chapter 7 estate in liquidating vacant land for several million dollars. Both of these cases resulted in a significant distribution to creditors.
Mr. Duncan is immediate past Chairman of the Bankruptcy Section of the San Diego Bar Association. A frequent lecturer on bankruptcy law issues, Mr. Duncan serves as a Mediator for the Mediation Program of the Southern District of California and was named Mediator of the Year for 2000-2001. He is also a Barrister Member of the Louis M. Welsh American Inns of Court. In addition, Mr. Duncan is a former member of the Board of Directors of the San Diego Bankruptcy Forum, a member of the Attorney Advisory Committee for the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of California, a member of the San Diego County Bar Association and the State Bar of California. Mr. Duncan is a graduate of the University of Iowa (B.A., cum laude, 1979). He attended law school at the National Law Center of the George Washington University in Washington D.C. (J.D., with honors, 1982). Mr. Duncan was admitted to the Oklahoma Bar in 1982 and the California Bar in 1986.