Peter J. Tesi | Calgary Divorce & Family Lawyer

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1252 Adrien Brien
Suite 13E
Chambly, QC J3l 6J1

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Monday - Friday9:00 AM - 6:30 PM

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About Peter

Peter J. Tesi is a founding member and partner in E & T Legal. He was born in Cameroon. As a founding member of E & T Legal, Peter Tesi brings more than 10 years of complex litigation experience in diverse area of the law to the firm. He serves regional, national, international and diverse clients in a variety of industries including criminal law, wills and estates, real estate, healthcare, immigration/appeals, employment, labour and discrimination, human rights, in administrative tribunals, Mental Review Panel, environmental and corporate law. In addition to his litigation experience, Peter Tesi offers clients consultation in alternate dispute resolutions. He has represented clients before the Provincial Court of Alberta, the Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta, the Federal Court of Canada and Administrative tribunals. He is an active member of the Law Society of Alberta, Canadian Bar Association and the Calgary Bar Association.

Peter Tesi worked with a boutique firm in Toronto, Ontario, where he helped in the litigation, arbitration and mediation of cases in personal injury. He also took part in various immigration/appeals, human rights and discrimination cases.

Prior to his time in Toronto, Peter Tesi worked with a large firm in Tennessee and later Georgia, USA. He also worked with the Centre for Ocean Law and Policy in the University of Virginia, Charlottesville under prominent professors like John Moore, formal U.S Ambassador to the United Nations Conference of the Law of the Sea and one time Director of the Centre for National Security Law in the University of Virginia. He also acted as the research assistant to Professor Marion Norquist and Late Jeffrey O’Connor, a prominent personal Injury lawyer and later professor in Tort and Accident Law, University of Virginia law school.

Mr. Tesi obtained his LL.B from the University of Yaounde, Cameroon in Common and Civil Law. He taught law briefly and obtained his LL.Ms and JS from Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia and the University of Virginia School of Law respectively. He is a Lumpkin Fellow of the Nicholas School of Environment-Duke University.

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Experience

Founding Partner

E&T Legal

Present

Calgary, AB

Admission

Verified Alberta

Education

University of Yaounde, Cameroon

LL.B. (Common and Civil Law)

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Recognitions & Achievements

Associations
  • Member | Law Society of Alberta
  • Member | Canadian Bar Association
  • Member | Calgary Bar Association
Honors / Awards
  • Lumpkin Fellow | Nicholas School of Environment-Duke University

Notable Work

Publications

Mr. Tesi has written various academic articles-“The Environmental Perspectives of the Rwandan Genocide of ”, published in Moses K.Tesi The Environment and Development in Africa. He is also the author of “Union Douanière et Economique de L'Afrique Centrale (UDEAC)” published in, Encyclopedia of African History, vol. 3-Routledge and “Niger”, in Encyclopedia of World Cultural History by Bert Keisser.

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Divorce & Family Law, Immigration, Employment, Accident & Injury, Real Estate

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