Frederick Whitten Peters (born August 20, 1946 in Omaha, Nebraska)[1][2] is a District of Columbia lawyer and senior level public official.

His law practice specializes in civil and criminal litigation including contract fraud, antitrust, tax and security cases.

He served as president of the Harvard Law Review for two years, and graduated magna cum laude with a Juris Doctor degree in 1976.

[1][2][3] Following law school, Peters clerked for Federal Circuit Judge J. Skelly Wright and Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan in the District of Columbia.

In this position, he worked a wide range of defense issues including acquisition reform, counterterrorism, information system security, and affirmative action.

These firms included DynCorp of Reston, Virginia, where Peters took on the role of special assistant to the chief executive office in April 2001, and Ellipso corporation where he was elected to the board of directors in May 2001.

During the 2008 Presidential race, Peters endorsed then-Senator Barack Obama, and was listed among the Senator's foreign policy advisors.