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Peter  K.  Shack

Peter K. Shack

Counsel
pshack@manatt.com

  • Sacramento
    Direct: 916.552.2317
    General: 916.552.2300
    Fax: 916.552.2323

Professional Experience

 

Mr. Shack’s practice focuses on the healthcare industry and nonprofit organizations.

Prior to joining the Firm, Mr. Shack was a Supervising Deputy Attorney General for California for almost 30 years. He was in charge of the Attorney General’s Antitrust Section in Los Angeles from 1973-83, and the Charitable Trust Section in Sacramento from 1983-2002. During that time, he participated in major antitrust and charitable trust litigation involving price fixing and price maintenance, and a wide variety of other charitable trust litigation.

Mr. Shack was Co-Chair of the National Association of Attorneys General Parens Patriae Committee and responsible for the California Attorney General’s charitable trust legislative and regulatory program.

Before joining the California Attorney General’s Office in 1973, Mr. Shack spent two years with the Peace Corps in Guatemala, and two years with Camden Regional Legal Services where he represented migrant farm workers.


Education

 

Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 1967.

Columbia University, A.B., 1964.



Memberships & Activities

 

Admitted to practice in California and New Jersey.

Committee on Administration of Justice, State Bar of California (CAJ), Chair, 1989-1990; Vice-Chair, 1988-1989.


Honors & Awards

 

2003 Public Policy Excellence Award from the California Association of Nonprofits.

Attorney General’s award for Excellence in Legal Services.