Peter A. Velis

{{short description|American politician}}

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| image = 1975 Peter Velis Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

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| name = Peter Velis

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1942|10|8}}

| birth_place = Springfield, Massachusetts

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| occupation = Attorney

| residence = Westfield, Massachusetts

| party = Republican

| relations = John Velis (nephew)

| alma_mater = Boston University (B.S.)
Suffolk University Law School (J.D.)

| title1 = Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court

| appointer1 = Paul Cellucci

| term_start1 = 1999

| term_end1 = 2012

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| successor1 = Edward J. McDonough Jr.

| state_house2 = Massachusetts

| district2 = 5th Hampden

| term_start2 = 1973

| term_end2 = 1979

| predecessor2 = James J. Bowler

| successor2 = Robert Rohan

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Peter A. Velis (born October 8, 1942) is a former American judge who served on the Massachusetts Superior Court from 1999 to 2012. From 1973 to 1979 he was a Republican state legislator who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, representing the Fifth Hampden district from Westfield, Massachusetts.{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/publicofficersof19771978bost |title=Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts: 1977–1978 |page=[https://archive.org/details/publicofficersof19771978bost/page/308 308]}}{{cite web |work=MassLive |url=http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2012/11/superior_court_judge_peter_a_v.html |title=Superior Court Judge Peter Velis of Westfield retires, calls career on bench 'a wonderful cover up journey'|date=19 November 2012 }}