Elizabeth Luberto Peters

Elizabeth L. Peters graduated from Thomas M. Cooley law school with an emphasis in labor and employment law. At graduation, she received the Alumni Distinguished Student Award. Elizabeth also holds Bachelor of Science and Master of Arts degrees from Michigan State University.

For almost ten years before attending law school, Elizabeth was a regular and special education teacher. During that time, she was president of her local teachers association where she gained practical experience concerning grievance handling and collective bargaining agreement administration. After graduating from law school, Elizabeth began her labor and employment career with Masud and Associates, where she remained until she became in-house counsel for labor and employment litigation at U.S. Steel in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. As in-house counsel, Elizabeth litigated numerous employment cases across the country. During her 10 years at U.S. Steel, Elizabeth also served as a U.S. Steel negotiations and arbitration staff attorney, where she was involved in hundreds of grievance disputes and participated in the bargaining of two national collective bargaining agreements. She also gained invaluable front-line practical experience serving as an Employee Relations Manager for two steel producing plants and two coke works operations.

Elizabeth has developed and taught management training programs in labor and employment law and contract interpretation, and is a trained meeting facilitator. She frequently authors articles on topics related to labor and employment law. Elizabeth serves on the Board of Directors for various non-profit organizations, including the Saginaw Chapter of the American Red Cross, Junior Achievement of Northeast Michigan and Saginaw Northwest Kiwanis. She is admitted to practice in all state and federal courts in Michigan and Pennsylvania, and is admitted to various other federal courts, including the Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth and Eleventh Circuit Courts of Appeal.