Peter Neufeld is an
American lawyer and is perhaps best known as the cofounder, with
Barry Scheck, of the
Innocence Project and as a founding partner in the civil rights law firm Neufeld Scheck & Brustin. Starting from his earliest years as an attorney representing clients at New York's Legal Aid Society, and teaching trial advocacy at Fordham School of Law from 1988–1991, he has focused on civil rights and the intersection of science and criminal justice.