Overview
Nicole O’Toole Peterson is an associate at Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP, based in the firm’s Chicago office. She specializes in commercial litigation, business disputes, entertainment and media law, as well as intellectual property and transactional services. Nicole represents both national and international organizations in state and federal courts, managing complex commercial litigation, contractual disputes, and business torts.
- Saint Mary’s College Alumnae Association
- Board of Directors
- Chicago East Alumnae Club, President
- 2015 Class News Representative
- Chicago Bar Association
- Creative Arts Committee, Young Lawyers Section, Co-Chair, 2019-2021
- Edward J. Lewis II Lawyers in the Classroom Program, Attorney Volunteer
- Women’s Bar Association of Illinois
- DePaul University College of Law Alumni Association
- “Preparing to Practice,” Mentor
- Lawyers for the Creative Arts
- Women in Music, Chicago Chapter
- Defense Research Institute
- Young Lawyers Committee
- Best Lawyers in America®, “Ones to Watch,” (2024, 2026)
- Commercial Litigation
- Entertainment and Sports Law
- Intellectual Property Law
- Saint Mary’s College, “Outstanding Young Alumna,” (2020)
- DuPage Association of Women Lawyers, Judge Helen C. Kinney Scholarship Recipient, (2018)
- “Pitfalls in Digitizing Physical Assets and Three Best Practices,” Landslide Magazine, American Bar Association, April 2023
- “The Millennial Lawyer’s Duty to Maintain (and Promote) Technological Competence,” Raising the Bar, DRI Young Lawyers Committee, Volume 16, Issue 2
- “Consumers in Shock: How Federal Government Overregulation Led Mylan to Acquire a Monopoly over Epinephrine Autoinjectors,”16 DePaul Bus. & Com. L.J., 2018
- “Text Message Plaintiff Not Bound to Arbitrate,” American Bar Association, 2018
- “Beyond the Avenue: Navigating Post College Etiquette,” Saint Mary’s College Alumnae Association Board of Directors Fall Meeting, September 2024
- “Copyright Law: What Music Creators Need to Know,” Women in Music Chicago, March 2023
- “Vendor Contracts Are Always Negotiable,” Betches Brides Podcast, August 2022
- “The Power of the Alumnae Network,” Saint Mary’s College Alumnae Association, March 2021
