Experience
- 1999-2014 – 15th Judicial Circuit Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court Substitute Judge, JDR Drug Court Substitute Judge through 2015
- 1976-1999 – Commissioner in Chancery (Domestic Cases)
- 1974-1999 – Hicks, Baker, and Peterson, Attorneys at Law
- During his tenure, Fredericksburg Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court became a Best Practices Court in Virginia
Accomplishments
- Associate Member – Virginia State Bar
- Chairman of RACSB
- Chairman of Rappahannock Goodwill Industries
- Ordained Elder at Fredericksburg Presbyterian Church
Personal
Judge Peterson has been happily married to his wife for 47 years; 42 years in which they have made Fredericksburg their home and where they raised their two sons, now aged 36 and 39.
