Peter S. Buas is a graduate of Worcester Preparatory High School in Berlin, Maryland (Class of 2009), the University of Maryland, College Park (B.A. 2013), and the University of Baltimore, School of Law (J.D. 2016).

Peter was admitted to the Bar in 2016. From 2016 until 2018, Peter served in the Circuit Court for Worcester County, Maryland as a Law Clerk to Judge Brian D. Shockley, Judge Beau H. Oglesby, Judge Mary M. Kent, Judge Richard R. Bloxom, and Judge Thomas C. Groton, III. Peter joined the Law Firm of Williams, Moore, Shockley & Harrison, LLP in August of 2018 and was elected as a partner of the firm in January of 2023.

Peter served on the Ocean City Council from 2020 through 2024.