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Peter S. Sessions

Senior Associate

Peter S. Sessions is a senior associate at Kantor & Kantor who has been with the firm since 2004. Peter represents individual clients seeking health, life, and disability benefits, typically under employee health plans. Peter has litigated cases across the country and has extensive federal appellate experience.

Peter was born in Vermont and went to college in Massachusetts. After college, he lived in New York for two years, where he worked for the New York County District Attorney’s Office. In 1994, he moved to Los Angeles to attend law school. He currently lives in Los Angeles with his wife and two sons.

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Education

Juris Doctor, University of Southern California Law School, 1997
Bachelor of Arts, Amherst College, 1992

Notable Decisions

LeGras v. Aetna Life Ins. Co., 786 F.3d 1233 (9th Cir. 2015), cert. denied, 136 S. Ct. 1448, 194 L. Ed. 2d 549 (2016)
Hamsher v. N. Cypress Med. Ctr. Operating Co., 620 Fed. Appx. 236 (5th Cir. 2015)
Pacific Shores Hosp. v. United Behavioral Health, 764 F.3d 1030 (9th Cir. 2014)
Lukas v. United Behavioral Health, 504 Fed. Appx. 628 (9th Cir. 2013)
Martinez v. Beverly Hills Hotel & Bungalows Employee Ben. Tr. Employee Welfare Plan, 538 F. App’x 778 (9th Cir. 2013)
Harlick v. Blue Shield of California, 686 F.3d 699, 703 (9th Cir. 2012) cert. denied, 133 S. Ct. 1492, 185 L. Ed. 2d 547 (2013)
Dine v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co., 449 Fed. Appx. 646 (9th Cir. 2011)
Salz v. Standard Ins. Co., 380 Fed. Appx. 723 (9th Cir. 2010)
Mitchell v. CB Richard Ellis Long Term Disability Plan, 611 F.3d 1192 (9th Cir. 2010)

Admissions

State Bar of California, 1997
U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California
U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California