Peter Goldsmith

Peter Goldsmith is a practicing attorney who works with real estate developers, multi-family companies, homebuilders, property owners, institutional organizations, and retailers to navigate regulatory processes in Prince George’s County and other jurisdictions in Maryland. He has helped clients obtain special exceptions, zoning variances, rezonings, site plan approvals, permits, and other entitlements.

Peter appears before the Prince George’s County Planning Board, the Prince George’s County District Council, the Zoning Hearing Examiner, the Board of Appeals, and municipal legislatures. He regularly interacts with the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission’s Prince George’s County Planning Department and the County’s Department of Permitting, Inspections, and Enforcement, and represents clients on land use matters before Maryland circuit and appellate courts.

Peter’s background includes working as a project manager and in sales for a national homebuilder. He also served as Senior Counsel to the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, advising the Prince George’s County Planning Board and Planning Department on master planning, zoning, subdivision, site plans, sectional map amendments, natural resources, historic preservation, the Woodland and Wildlife Habitat Conservation Ordinance, the Maryland Forest Conservation Act, and the Chesapeake Bay Critical Area Act.

A leader in the bar, Peter is Chair of the Maryland State Bar Association’s Land Use Committee, Chair and Founder of the Prince George’s County Real Estate and Land Use Committee, and a Barrister member of the Cole-Davidson American Inn of Court, which focuses on appellate advocacy in Maryland.

Outside of work, Peter enjoys endurance events, exploring public lands, and reading anything that allows him to exercise his untamed imagination.

Education

• J.D. (Cum Laude), University of Maryland School of Law
• Bachelor of Science in Finance, University of Maryland
• Bachelor of Arts in English, University of Maryland