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Peter F. Vaira, Shareholder
Email:
[email protected]
Born:
McKeesport, Pennsylvania, March 5, 1937.
Education:
Duquesne University Law School (B.A., 1959; J.D., 1962).
Military Experience:
Lieutenant, United States Navy, 1963-1968
Admitted to Bar:
1962, Pennsylvania; 1968, District of Columbia; 1984, Illinois.
Profile:
Peter Vaira is a fifteen year veteran of the U.S. Department of Justice. He served in the Organized Crime Section for ten years, during which time he was the Attorney in Charge of both the Philadelphia and Chicago Strike Forces on Organized Crime. He served as United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania for five years and later was the Executive Director of the President's Commission on Organized Crime in Washington, D.C.
Mr. Vaira's practice is white collar criminal defense, antitrust, corporate crisis management, complex civil litigation, and national and international arbitrations. Peter Vaira has served since 1995 as the Independent Hearing Officer of the Laborers' International Union of North America, a post created by agreement between the U.S. Department of Justice and the Union in a reform effort. Mr. Vaira is also a federal court-appointed arbitrator in the nationwide Fen-Phen litigation. He is also a certified federal court mediator for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Mr. Vaira is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, an international arbitration service in London.
Mr. Vaira has served in the following public service capacities:
- Member, Mayor's Selection Committee for Philadelphia Police Commissioner, 1992
- Seminar panelist Controlling International Organized Crime, Rome, Sorrento, Italy, 1994
- Member, Independent Commission to Review Palatine Illinois Murders, Chicago Crime Commission, 1996
- Panelist at the International Conference on Trial by Jury in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1996
- Member, Police Corruption Task Force, 1997.
Mr. Vaira is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and the American Law Institute. He is listed in Who's Who in America, and Who's Who in American Law.
Mr. Vaira serves on the editorial board of The Legal Intelligencer and The Philadelphia Lawyer. He served as the Press Officer for the USGA 2003 Women's Amateur Championship
Mr. Vaira's publications include the following:
Books:
- Eastern District of Pennsylvania Federal Practice Rules Annotated, Gann Publishing Company, 2003
- Corporate Responses to Federal Grand Jury Investigations, Matthew Bender, 2002
Articles:
-10 Questions for Magistrate Judge Jacob Hart
The Philadelphia Lawyer, Fall 2003
-10 Questions for Judge John P. Fullam,
The Philadelphia Lawyer, Spring 2003
- The Police Arbitration Procedure, A Realistic Appraisal, The Philadelphia Lawyer, Spring, 2002
- Preventive Management Guide � Agents on Your Doorstep: Managing the Government Investigation, Corporation Criminal Liability Reporter, Winter 1998, Vol. 2, No.1
- Revive the State Supreme Court, The Philadelphia Inquirer, August 7, 2026
- Interview of Chairman of South African Free Election Committee, The Legal Intelligencer, January 6, 2026
- Memo to the New Police Commissioner, The Philadelphia Inquirer, August 21, 2026
- To Streamline Federal Criminal Cases, The New York Times, November 11, 2025
Mr. Vaira�s presentations to fellow members of the bar have included the following:
Seminars:
"International Arbitrations"
Saltzburg. Austria, November 2004
"Electronic Filing in the Eastern District of PA"
Philadelphia Bar Institute, August 2004
"Dealing with IRS Agents," Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, July 2003
PHILADELPHIA BAR ASSOCIATION CHANCELLOR'S FORUM:
"The Trial of the September 11 War Criminals," Philadelphia Bar Institute, February 2002
"The 2000 Amendments to the Rules of Civil Procedure," Philadelphia Bar Institute, October 2000
"Civil Practice and Procedure in the Eastern District," Philadelphia Bar Institute, October 1999
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