With over 400 cases under his belt and more than 4,000 clients, Peter Antonoplos is nationally recognized as a seasoned attorney with a take-no-prisoners approach and an eye for the bottom line.  After years of training under top real estate lawyers in NY and DC (his mentor drafted the master lease for the Empire State Building), Peter founded Antonoplos & Associates, to provide results-driven legal services in his hometown of Washington, DC.  For decades, Peter’s clients have looked to him to apply his breadth of business and legal experience to arrive at creative strategic solutions to complex issues.  His practice focuses on the intersection of real estate, estates & trusts, asset protection, and business law, in both litigation and transactional matters.  His clients include Fortune500 companies, individuals and families, non-profit and religious institutions, local businesses, real estate developers, labor unions, foreign governments, hedge funds, and national banking associations spanning 5 continents and 27 countries. In a city of a million lawyers, Peter Antonoplos is recognized as the go-to local expert for the legal needs of global clientele in Washington, D.C.   

Peter’s true passion is estate planning and community building.  He is a people-person dedicated to helping others plan for their future and legacy, and build their estates.  Whether he is providing for the disposition of a famous musician’s song catalog, negotiating the dissolution of a medical practice, protecting a government contractor’s partnership interest, helping a local start-up get off the ground, counseling a non-profit on their lease, or helping his client plan for a new baby or marriage, Peter is committed to the success of his community and his clients.  He is a family man, a proud member of his church, and an active contributor to the community through unreported pro bono services. Peter received his JD from Catholic University, his LLM in Taxation from Georgetown, and his MBA from Yale.