Peter M Lantka

Peter Lantka serves as an Attorney Advisor for the Professional Responsibility Advisory Office of the U.S. Department of Justice where he provides professional responsibility advice and training to Department and Assistant United States Attorneys throughout the country. Prior to joining PRAO, Peter served in the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona for seventeen years in various positions including the Professional Responsibility Officer, Sanctions Officer, Electronic Discovery Office Coordinator, Civil Division Deputy Chief, and Civil Chief.

Mr. Lantka has served as an instructor at the Department of Justice’s National Advocacy Center, where he has taught classes on professional responsibility, trial advocacy, deposition skills, e-discovery, and law enforcement tort liability. He has also taught classes on behalf of the Department of Interior’s Tribal Officer Special Law Enforcement Certificate Program, presented e-Discovery training to federal agencies and through the Office of Legal Education, and taught Federal Jurisdiction at the Arizona Summit School of Law. Prior to joining the Department of Justice, Peter served as an associate attorney with the law firm of Hoeppner Wagner and Evans LLP in Valparaiso, Indiana. He is a former law clerk to the Honorable Christopher A. Nuechterlein, Magistrate Judge for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana; research assistant with the American Judicature Society; a 2002 graduate, magna cum laude, of the Valparaiso University School of Law; and a 1999 graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is a certified mediator with for the Justice Department’s Office of Dispute Resolution and has mediated multiple employment cases throughout the country. Mr. Lantka is appearing in his personal capacity.