 Peter C. Burnett is a 1972 graduate of Hobart College and a 1977 graduate of Antioch School of Law. He is licensed to practice in Virginia and the District of Columbia. Starting in 1988, he has limited his practice to personal injury law, one of the first to do so in Loudoun County.
Peter has had several noteworthy cases including the largest wrongful death verdict ever returned at the time in Loudoun County, a two and one half million dollar medical malpractice verdict in the United States District Court in Charlottesville, and the first plaintiff’s verdict in a medical malpractice case ever returned in Grant County, West Virginia. The firm settled a case involving the wrongful death of a 14 year old boy for one million dollars, which is believed to be the highest death of a minor settlement in Loudoun County history.
Peter was a member of the 7th District Disciplinary Committee of the Virginia State Bar from 2000-06, having served as its Chair in 01. He is the former Chairman of the Judicial Nominations Committee of the Virginia State Bar and served on its Special Committee on Fee Dispute Resolution from 1997-2002. He was elected President of the Loudoun County Bar Association in 1999. Peter is a member of the Virginia State Bar, the District of Columbia Bar, the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, the Virginia Women Attorneys Association, the Loudoun County Bar Association, and the Winchester-Frederick County Bar Association.
Peter participates in various civic activities. He has been particularly active as Chairman of the Loudoun County Bar’s Courthouse Planning Committee which received the State Bar’s Award of Merit in 1996 and 1998, the highest award given each year for outstanding local bar projects. In 1998, the State Bar’s Conference of Local Bar Associations recognized Peter’s leadership by naming him Local Bar Leader of the Year for the entire state. In 2000 the Board of Supervisors appointed him to the Courthouse Facilities and Grounds Task Force, which he chairs.
In March of 2007, Peter co-founded the Leesburg Downtown Improvement Association (DIA) and was elected as co-Chair. The DIA consists of business and property owners, residents, partner organizations and other stakeholders interested in improving the economic and cultural vitality of downtown Leesburg. Peter’s experience in economic development and love of historic properties provides the DIA with creative strategies to develop public/private partnerships.
Peter has been long time board member of Loudoun Cares and has served as president since 2002. The rapid growth of Loudoun County has necessitated vast resource development for the growing population of working poor and underprivileged. In February 2006, Burnett & Williams received a Certificate of Appreciation from Loudoun Cares for volunteer services above and beyond to Loudoun Cares and its partners.
Governor Mark Warner appointed Peter to the Virginia Racing Commission in 2003. This regulatory body ensures the integrity of the horse racing sport for its participants and the public. Peter was elected as the group’s vice chairman in 2004, and has served as its chairman since 2006. Prior to his appointment, Peter served as Vice President of the Virginia Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association and as a member of the Board of Directors of the Charles Town (WV) HBPA. In 2003 he was elected to the Board of Directors of the North American Pari-Mutual Regulators Association.
Peter lives in Hamilton with his wife Diana and his two daughters, Abigail and Elizabeth.
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