Peter Pitegoff

Peter Pitegoff is the Dean at the University of Maine School of Law and assumed the post in 2005. He formerly was Vice Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor at the University at Buffalo Law School, State University of New York, where he was a law professor since 1988. He has published widely on the subjects of community economic development, urban revitalization, corporate organization, and worker ownership of enterprise. Pitegoff has been a leader in university engagement beyond the academy, and founded a clinical legal education program in community development at SUNY-Buffalo which has served as a model for comparable programs at numerous law schools. Prior to his academic career, he was legal counsel to the ICA Group in Boston, engaged nationally in economic and job development efforts with a focus on employee-owned businesses. He is a graduate of Brown University and New York University School of Law, where he was a Root-Tilden Scholar. He is related to Alexander Pitegoff and bears a striking resemblance to filmmaker Steven Spielberg.