PETER L. KOERBER, born Evergreen Park, Illinois, January 13, 1948.  Admitted to practice in Illinois in 1972 (withdrew 1994), in New Hampshire in 1975 (withdrew 1994), and in Louisiana in 1977; U.S. District Courts for the Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana; United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit;  U.S. Supreme Court.

Education:  B.A., Yale  College, 1969; J.D., University of Chicago, 1972

Special Experience:   Law clerk to Hon. Walter V. Schaefer, Supreme Court of Illinois;  staff of Governor Dan Walker of Illinois;  law clerk to Hon. Frank R. Kenison, New Hampshire Supreme Court;  adjunct professor: Tulane Law School, 1982-present;  Paul M. Hebert Law Center, L.S.U., 1984-90;  Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, 2005-present;   member of Louisiana State Law Institute Security Devices and Commercial Law committees; general counsel, pro bono, Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, 1989-present.

Reported Cases:  B. Swirsky & Co. vs Bott, 598 So.2d 1281 (La. App. 4th Cir. 1992);  Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra vs I.N.S., 44 F.Supp.2d 800 (E.D.La. 1999), 2000 WL 282785 (E.D.La. 2000), aff'd by unpublished opinion, 2001 WL 85907 (5th Cir. 2001), cert. den. 534 US 819 (2001);  Suter vs Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, 2006 WL 1877220 (5th Cir. 2006) (unpublished opinion)

Article:  "Second Thoughts and Belated Discoveries in Tax Law", Tulane Tax Institute (2001).

Member:  Louisiana State Bar Association; American Bar Association

Practice:  Real estate, corporate. and tax law

E-mail:  pkoerber@steeglaw.com