Peter Felix Armstrong was born in Northwest Florida, the son of an engineer and a nurse. Like many people, he did not think highly of attorneys until he needed one. After he found himself charged with serious crimes and facing serious time, I learned how important an attorney can be. It was then that the law found him.
Peter’s journey to being an attorney began not as a decision to make as much money as possible, but in state prison trying to help his fellow prisoners fight their convictions and sentences. He spent years as an institutional law clerk before being released. While working full-time as a paralegal and with a sincere gratitude to be in law school, he earned my juris doctorate from Mitchell Hamline School of Law, graduating magna cum laude. Determined to succeed, he passed the bar on the first try with a score above the 95th percentile. Peter is licensed as an attorney in Minnesota and Alabama and admitted in multiple federal courts.
Peter’s lived experience understands that there is a true need for competent, affordable postconviction and appellate representation by attorneys that understand both the weight of having freedom at stake for the client and the emotional journey of the loved ones that live through it on the outside. Peter Armstrong and Peter Lindstrom met at Mitchell Hamline School of Law and had a shared interest in criminal law and postconviction remedies.
If you or your loved ones are in need of postconviction relief or appeals, let’s talk.
Peter Felix Armstrong’s contributions to Subzero Criminal Defense is exclusively tied to federal appeals and postconviction relief.
EDUCATION:
Mitchell Hamline School of Law – J.D. (magna cum laude)
University of West Florida – B.A. music performance (cum laude)
ADMISSIONS:
State of Alabama
State of Minnesota
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama
SCHOLARLY WRITING:
Armstrong, Peter Felix (2023) “Education Behind Bars: A History of Prisoner Education within the Florida Department of Corrections and Suggestions for the Future,” Mitchell Hamline Law Journal of Public Policy and Practice: Vol. 44: Iss. 1, Article 1.
Available at: https://open.mitchellhamline.edu/policypractice/vol44/iss1/1
“Topping off the cup of woe: An overview of Eighth Amendment jurisprudence within the Florida Department of Corrections.”