Peter Angelini was born and raised in central New York, in the small town of New Hartford, just outside of Utica. After graduating from New Hartford High School in 1985, he continued his education at Muhlenberg College, graduating Cum Laude in 1989 with a BA degree in Political Science. Thereafter he attended Syracuse University College of Law, graduating Magna Cum Laude with his Juris Doctor in 1992.
After a short stint in private practice, in 1993 Peter joined the Oneida County Department of Social Services as a trial lawyer litigating cases involving children’s welfare such as child physical and sexual abuse, foster care placements, and termination of parental rights.
In 2001, Peter began working as a law clerk to the Hon. Bernadette T. Romano, Oneida County Family Court Judge. In that capacity, he often met with lawyers and litigants alike to attempt settlement of their cases, enjoying a high success rate in doing so.
In 2006, he took on a similar law clerk role with Judge Clark (formerly Romano) but in Oneida County Supreme Court, where the breath of cases he worked on expanded exponentially, including but not limited to auto accidents, medical malpractice, contract disputes, land use disputes, administrative/government disputes, employment disputes, real estate disputes, and matrimonial disputes. Peter held settlement conferences with attorneys and litigants in all these matters and was able to achieve a resolution in most of them.