[1] Peixotto attended San Francisco public schools and graduated from Hastings College of the Law in 1888.
He resigned from the District Attorney's office shortly after the trial and began a private practice.
In 1899, when a new city charter shortened county office terms to one year, he was attorney for sheriff Henry S. Martin.
[3] Peixotto had a number of clients from the theater, including Nat Goodwin, Lillian Nordica, Édouard de Reszke, Antonio Scotti, E. H. Sothern, and Michael B.
Their children were Edgar R. and Nathan M.[6] Peixotto died at home following an operation[7] on June 24, 1925.