C. Peter Hitson

Biography

Peter Hitson is a project management executive with more than 25 years of legal, claims, and financial services experience. He brings deep practical knowledge of Lean and Six Sigma disciplines to drive Carlton Fields’ innovative legal project management (LPM) objectives. As director of legal project and practice management, Mr. Hitson collaborates with firm leadership and attorneys on cutting-edge project management tools and techniques, improving project scoping, planning, and budgeting.
Previously, Mr. Hitson was director, legal process innovation, at Wilson Elser. In that role, he led strategic innovation, making sophisticated use of data and market knowledge in pursuit of operational excellence.Prior to joining Wilson Elser, he was assistant vice president, legal practices, support & audit for The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc., where he was charged with selection, retention, evaluation, and management of outside counsel and other legal vendors. He also oversaw The Hartford’s legal invoice review services and legal e-billing initiative, and was national manager of panel counsel and managing attorney for claims. Prior to his work at The Hartford, Mr. Hitson was in private practice.
Mr. Hitson has earned and received a number of awards and distinctions for his LPM work, including Legal Lean Sigma White Belt, Six Sigma Green Belt Training Program, CLM Certified Litigation Management Professional Certificate Program at NYU, and National Institute of Trial Advocacy Training Program. He is a member of the DRI: The Voice of the Defense Bar and the Claims and Litigation Management Alliance.

He is a graduate of Denison University and The University of Pittsburgh School of Law.  Pete is admitted to practice law in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Connecticut.

Education

• Advanced graduate work or PhD

Admissions/Licenses

• Bar Admissions: WV, PA