Peter Scoolidge
(212) 729-7708
peter@sprfllp.com

Admissions  

• New York

• Washington, D.C. 

• U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York

• U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Education

• Brooklyn Law School, J.D. 2008 (cum laude, Dean's Merit Scholar)

• Pace University, B.A. 2004 (cum laude)  

Clerkship

• Honorable Roslynn R. Mauskopf, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York (2011-2012)
  

​Peter advises a broad range of business clients on deals, regulatory issues, and litigation. His industry-specific experience includes financial technology and digital assets, proprietary trading and traditional financial services, enterprise and SaaS development, media, entertainment, CPG, licensed professional services, public relations, and creative services. Peter has held various positions in the management of technology and other startups outside of his practice at the Firm, including as a general counsel of a FinTech startup backed by a former FAANG CEO. He also regularly sets up customized corporate and operational structures for businesses intending to operate under specific regulatory schemes, including offshore jurisdictions. Peter’s day-to-day interactions with software developers, particularly those involved in decentralized finance and blockchain infrastructure, yields a rare, granular understanding of technical issues. Peter also develops legal technology solutions outside of his work at the Firm, including blockchain-based solutions.

Peter’s transactional experience covers organizational structures, capital formation and securities compliance, equity compensation and executive employment agreements, asset purchases, intellectual property and licensing, M&A, commercial contracts, debt financing, and composition of terms of use and other consumer/client facing contracts. He has also worked on novel, one-off intellectual property rights deals, such as the sale of the Wu-Tang Clan’s Once Upon a Time in Shaolin album.

Peter’s litigation achievements involve shutting down $100 million+ crypto class actions, enterprise software implementation lawsuits, and tech patent infringement cases in federal courts. He has served as lead defense counsel in multiple class actions and disputes involving cryptocurrency (Fabian v. Nano) and on teams litigating enterprise solution lawsuits (Grouse River Outfitters, Ltd. v. NetSuite, Inc.) with alleged damages in the hundreds of millions. At a prior firm, he was part of a team that won two defense verdicts in the same year in patent infringement jury trials (Alexsam, Inc. v. Barnes & Noble, Inc. and Alexsam, Inc. v. Gap Inc.) in Texas worth over $100 million. He also has extensive arbitration experience. 

Peter has been quoted by the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, CNBC, Forbes, Billboard, the New York Daily News, and the New York Post on intellectual property and other legal issues.  

Peter is a former law clerk for the Honorable Roslynn R. Mauskopf of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York and began his career at Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP. Peter has appeared in federal jury trials and has argued numerous motions in federal court, including injunctive relief proceedings and Markman. Prior to founding Scoolidge Peters Russotti & Fox LLP, Peter helped establish a national IP boutique where he handled cases against technology companies such as Apple, Microsoft, Dell, Canon, and HP. 

Peter is admitted in New York, Washington, D.C., the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, and the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals. He graduated from Pace University cum laude in 2004 and Brooklyn Law School cum laude in 2008.  While attending law school, Peter worked as a law clerk at the Ernst & Young LLP General Counsel's Office.  He worked as a reporter for American Lawyer Media prior to law school.  

Publications

Ripple v. SEC: Why the crypto industry may have celebrated too early, Fortune (August 10, 2023) (co-author)

US Artificial Intelligence Regulation Has A Long Way To Go, Law360 - May 2019

How to Fight Back Against Room Block Pirates, Law360 - May 2016

Patent Pilot Program Could Cut Litigation Costs, Corporate Counsel - May 2014 (co-author with Margaret Scoolidge)

Debate Over Uniformity in Patent Litigation Continues, Law360 - October 2013

Venue Implications of the Patent Pilot Program, Law360 - October 2012

Review of Reverse-Payment Agreements: the Agencies, the Courts, Congress, and the European Commission, Competition Policy International - Fall 2009 (co-author) 

Gambling Blindfolded: The Case for a Regulated Domain for Gambling Websites, Gaming Law Review - June 2006