Peter Benvenutti, Executive Producer

Peter has been a California bankruptcy lawyer for nearly 50 years.  After more than three decades as a partner in large law firms based in San Francisco or with offices in New York City, in 2013 Peter left “big law” to co-found Keller & Benvenutti (now Keller Benvenutti Kim), a prominent San Francisco business bankruptcy law boutique. He became partner emeritus there in 2021.  Peter is a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy (the preeminent honorary invitation-only organization for bankruptcy lawyers, judges and other bankruptcy and restructuring professionals), and has been an active member and held leadership positions in a variety of professional and court-related organizations. Peter was born in Gulfport, Mississippi and is a graduate of Harvard College (AB 1971) and U.C. Berkeley Law School (JD 1974).  He is the husband of author and producer Lise Pearlman.  The couple met in law school and were married the same weekend as their law school graduation.  They have lived in Oakland since the 1970s and have three grown daughters and four grandchildren. AMERICAN JUSTICE ON TRIAL is his first and only foray into filmmaking.