Peter McGuire

Peter began his practice at a large law firm in Asheville in 2002 practicing primarily insurance and professional malpractice defense. In 2008, Peter formed a solo firm focusing on environmental law and general litigation, which allowed him to practice in varied legal areas and on myriad cases ranging from class actions and insurance matters to sedimentation pollution and property disputes. Peter joined the Strauss Attorneys firm in late 2014. Here, Peter leads the firm’s estate and fiduciary litigation team, which focuses on controversies arising out of trust and estate administration, as well as advanced estate planning, business succession planning, and corporate formation. Peter especially enjoys handling complex estate planning projects that include advanced tax and asset protection strategies.

Peter is a 2002 graduate with High Honors (Top 3 in class) from the University of Montana School of Law. He holds a B.A. in Religion from Davidson College, which he received in 1996. He is admitted to practice by the North Carolina State Bar, the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina and the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Nation Tribal Court. He is a member of the North Carolina Bar Association in both the Litigation and Estate Planning sections. He was honored by his peers in 2009 and 2011 and listed in Business North Carolina Magazine’s Legal Elite, and is an inaugural member of the Harry C. Martin American Inn of Court. Peter is also heavily involved in his community, taking on positions as board member for the Odyssey Community School as well as being elected in 2023 to the Weaverville Town Council.