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Peter Anderson
Partner
Peter Anderson has over four decades of experience in copyright and entertainment litigation. He has represented record labels, music publishers, recording and performing artists and others in a range of intellectual property matters, including copyright infringement, breach of contract, unfair competition, and trademark matters, in trial and appellate courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court.
*Denotes an attorney's experience prior to joining Davis Wright Tremaine
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Admitted to Practice
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California, 1979
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U.S. Supreme Court
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U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit
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U.S. Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit
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U.S. District Court, Central District of California
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U.S. District Court, Southern District of California
Education
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J.D., University of California, Los Angeles School of Law, 1979
- UCLA Law Review
- Executive Editor, UCLA-Alaska Law Review
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B.A., Anthropology and B.A., Economics, University of California, Los Angeles, 1976, magna cum laude
Memberships & Affiliations
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- Los Angeles Copyright Society, Trustee 2021-2022
Professional Recognition
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- Named one of "America's Leading Lawyers for Business" by Chambers USA in Media & Entertainment: Litigation Law (California), 2021-2024
- Named as one of the "Best Lawyers in America" by Best Lawyers in Entertainment Law - Music, 2024-present; in Litigation - Intellectual Property, 2025-present; in Media Law, 2025-present
- Named to Billboard's "Power 100" list of top persons in music industry, 2023
- Named one of the "Top Music Lawyers," Billboard, 2019-present
- Selected to "IP STARS" in Copyright (National and California), Managing IP, 2021
- Named an "MVP of the Year" in Media & Entertainment, Law360, 2020
- Recognized as a "Trailblazer" in Intellectual Property, National Law Journal, 2020
- Named one of the "Top Intellectual Property Attorneys in California" Los Angeles Daily Journal, 2017
- Selected to "Southern California Super Lawyers," Thomson Reuters, 2006-2024
- Awarded AV rating by the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory, 1996-present
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