Peter Godwin - Washington, DC
Attorney at AXS LAW Group
Lawyers in Washington, DC
1054 31st Street, N.W. Suite 200 Washington, DC 20007
Updated: 05/12/2026
Attorney Information
Overview
Peter Godwin is an investor, entrepreneur and a practicing attorney with over three decades of transactional and regulatory experience across many industries, including tech, telecoms, financial services and hospitality.
He has represented small private and public companies, specializing in the particular needs of technology start-ups. He has worked in private practice for small to mid-sized law firms in Washington, D.C. and Chicago, and in-house at companies ranging from fledgling start-ups to a Fortune 500 in Chicago, Los Angeles, and Washington State. Peter’s business interests and clients have been diverse across industries and geographically. Among other pursuits, Peter has been a Trustee for a small private primary and secondary school in Los Angeles for over a decade, has run for Mayor of and served on the Board of Ethics for the City of Evanston, Illinois, and produced an award-winning feature film. In his spare time, he enjoys carpentry, good food and wine and raising chickens.
Peter is licensed to practice law in the District of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois and Washington State.
Education
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Legal Education
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Cornell Law School,
Ithaca,
New York, 1992
J.D.
Major: Specialization on International Legal Affairs
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Cornell Law School,
Ithaca,
New York, 1992
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Non Legal Education
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University of Chicago
M.A. in Social Science -
University of Chicago
B.A. in Economics
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University of Chicago
Contact
1054 31st Street, N.W.
Suite 200
Washington, DC 20007
Phone: 202-918-7063
Email: Send a message
Website: https://www.axslawgroup.com
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