Bryan Lytton
Chief Legal Officer
Bryan Lytton is Chief Legal Officer for Peterson Companies and serves on the Company’s Investment and Finance Committees. Bryan concentrates his practice on all aspects of the Company’s real estate business, general strategic and corporate matters.
Bryan has been with Peterson Companies for over 10 years, and in that time has been instrumental in structuring and guiding the company’s significant expansions in land acquisition, development, and sales, primarily in the industrial, data center and residential aspects of the company’s portfolio.
Prior to joining Peterson Companies, Bryan was a junior associate at Latham & Watkins LLP in Chicago, an associate at GoodSmith, Gregg and Unruh LLP, also in Chicago, and Reed Smith LLP in Falls Church, VA.
Bryan’s undergraduate studies focused on International Politics and he has a master’s degree in National Security Studies, both from Georgetown University. After his master’s, Bryan served two tours as an officer in the US Navy, one with a F/A-18 Hornet squadron, and the other as a subject-matter expert on U.S. counterdrug efforts in Asia. After the Navy, Bryan earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Chicago Law School. He is a member of the Virginia Bar and Illinois Bar, and has experience serving on the boards of Family Service of Winnetka-Northfield (in Illinois), and Army Navy Country Club in Virginia.
FUN FACT: Bryan has twice ridden in an F/A-18 Hornet.
FAVORITE PROJECT: Fairfax Corner—it is such a great and family-friendly center that has changed so much since I started at Peterson Companies, and continues to do so to this day.