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Practice Areas:
Business Litigation,
Employment,
Securities
 Peter
Boutin has been a lawyer with Keesal, Young & Logan since
1975 and has served as the Managing Partner of the firm’s San Francisco office since
1984. He focuses on securities, employment and commercial litigation and counseling. During his 32 years of practice, he has tried and arbitrated approximately
200 matters, including jury and bench trials in state and federal courts and arbitrations
in all major forums. Mr. Boutin has tried and arbitrated cases throughout the country,
including cases in California, New York, Oregon, Washington, Nevada, Arizona, Colorado,
Pennsylvania, Illinois, Louisiana, New Mexico, Nebraska,
Tennessee and Washington, D.C. He has also handled
numerous regulatory matters before the SEC, the NYSE and the NASD.
In addition to litigating cases involving virtually all significant securities issues,
Mr. Boutin has tried many employment cases involving such issues as age discrimination,
sexual harassment, discrimination based on AIDS, wrongful termination, defamation,
retaliation, wage and hour, privacy and ERISA.
Mr. Boutin has argued cases before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth
Circuit and California Courts of Appeal. He has also authored the winning briefs in an important California
Supreme Court case dealing with evidentiary issues.
In 1993, Mr. Boutin was selected to serve on the U.S. District Court’s Early Neutral
Evaluation Panel. He has also served as a member of the San Francisco Superior Court
Settlement Panel for approximately 15 years. As a mediator, Mr. Boutin has successfully
resolved numerous securities, employment, business, professional malpractice, and
ADA cases. He has also served for many years as an NASD arbitrator and as an arbitrator
for the San Francisco Superior Court.
Mr. Boutin has served as a panelist and/or speaker on presentations to the American
Arbitration Association, American Bar Association, National Association of Securities
Dealers, New York Stock Exchange, Securities Industry Association, accounting and
securities trade groups, law schools, and other organizations. Mr. Boutin has been
a speaker on multiple occasions at the annual Securities Industry Association
Legal & Compliance Conference,
the preeminent annual conference dealing with broker-dealer issues.
He is a member of the Board of Editors of the Securities Arbitration Commentator
(“SAC”) and has authored “Standards of Review Governing Arbitration Awards” which
was published in SAC in March 2003. In 1992, he co-authored AAA training materials
for securities arbitrators. Mr. Boutin is also on the Steering Committee of the
Federal Bar Association for the United States District Court for the Northern District
of California. He is a member of the Securities Industry Association Legal &
Compliance Division. In 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007, Mr. Boutin was named a Northern California
“Super Lawyer.”
In 2007, Mr. Boutin was voted onto the 2008 "BTI Client
Service All-Star Team" for Law Firms, as selected by in-house counsel at Fortune
1000 firms. He was one of three lawyers in the United States selected by multiple
Fortune 1000 companies for delivering superior client service.
Mr. Boutin is a member of the Bar of the State of California, all United States
District
Courts in California and the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
In 1982 he was admitted
to practice before the United States Supreme Court.
Mr. Boutin graduated from Stanford University in 1972 with a bachelor's degree in
political science. Thereafter, he attended Santa Clara University where he obtained
a J. D. (magna cum laude) in 1975.
Mr. Boutin is active in Stanford University alumni affairs and currently serves
on the Board of Governors of the Stanford Associates.
The Board of Governors
of the California State Bar has appointed Mr. Boutin to the Board of Directors of
the California Bar Foundation. As the charitable arm of the State Bar, the California
Bar Foundation's mission is to serve as a catalyst for building a better justice
system for all Californians.
E-mail: peter.boutin@kyl.com
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