Steven R. Peterson
Senior Vice President
Dr. Peterson is a Senior Vice President with Compass Lexecon and is based in Boston, Massachusetts. Peterson specializes in the economics of antitrust and competition, estimation of damages, and regulation and public policy. He has worked for clients in a wide variety of industries including transportation, software, entertainment, telecommunications, chemicals and energy.
Dr. Peterson has provided consulting and expert witness testimony on a range of topics including competition matters, patent misuse, and damages, among others. In his antitrust work, Dr. Peterson has consulted with clients engaged in negotiations with the U.S. Department of Justice and customers to resolve allegations of price-fixing in both the United States and Europe. Dr. Peterson has evaluated the competitive impact of proposed mergers. He has also provided testimony on damages matters in antitrust cases and commercial disputes.
In the software industry, Dr. Peterson has provided testimony on patent misuse on behalf of a client accused of patent infringement. He has also provided testimony on behalf of a launch services provider to NASA on the client’s efforts to keep the government from releasing confidential cost information. Dr. Peterson testified that the release of that information would have a negative impact on subsequent rounds of bidding for launch services.
Dr. Peterson has a PhD in economics from Harvard University and a BA with highest honors in economics from the University of California, Davis.