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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 also served as a member of the mayor's transition team in 2008.
Mr. Vaira writes a regular column for the Legal Intelligencer on Eastern District Practice. To review Mr. Vaira's columns please view the articles page of this website.
- Areas of Practice:
- White Collar Criminal Defense
- Antitrust
- Corporate Crisis Management
- Complex Civil Litigation
- National and International Arbitrations
- Bar Admissions:
- Pennsylvania, 1962
- Illinois, 1984
- District of Columbia, 1968
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1962
- U.S. District Court Western District of Pennsylvania, 1962
- U.S. District Court Middle District of Pennsylvania, 1962
- U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit, 1972
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois
- Education:
- Duquesne University School of Law, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
1962
J.D. - Duquesne University,
1959
B.A.
- Published Works:
- Eastern District of Pennsylvania Federal Practice Rules Annotated, Gann Publishing Company, Revised Annually, 2003
- Corporate Responses to Federal Grand Jury Investigations, Matthew Bender, Revised Annually, 2002
- 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, Vol. 2, No.1, 1998
- Review the State Supreme Court, The Philadelphia Inquirer, August, 1996
- Interview of Chairman of South African Free Election Committee, The Legal Intelligencer, January, 1995
- Memo to the New Police Commissioner, The Philadelphia Inquirer, August, 1992
- To Streamline Federal Criminal Cases, The New York Times, November, 1991
- 10 Questions for Judge Bruce W. Kauffman, The Philadelphia Lawyer, Summer, 2006
- 10 Questions for Judge Joseph A. Hudock, The Philadelphia Lawyer, Summer, 2002
- Classes/Seminars Taught:
- "International Arbitrations", Saltzburg, Austria, 2004
- "Electronic Filing in the Eastern District of PA", Philadelphia Bar Institute, 2004
- "Dealing with IRS Agents", Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, 2003
- "The Trial of the September 11 War Criminals", Philadelphia Bar Institute, 2002
- "The 2000 Amendments to the Rules of Civil Procedure", Philadelphia Bar Institute, 2000
- "Civil Practice and Procedure in the Eastern District", Philadelphia Bar Institute, 1999
- Professional Associations and Memberships:
- Philadelphia Police Commissioner, 1992
- Member, Mayor's Selection Committee
- Seminar panelist Controlling International Organized Crime, Rome, Sorrento, Italy, 1994
- Independent Commission to Review Palatine Illinois Murders, Chicago Crime Commission, 1996
- Member
- Panelist at the International Conference on Trial by Jury in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1996
- Police Corruption Task Force, 1997
- Member
- American College of Trial Lawyers
- Fellow
- American Law Institute
- Fellow
- USGA 2003 Women's Amateur Championship
- Press Officer
- The Legal Intelligencer and The Philadelphia Lawyer
- Editorial Board
- Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
- Fellow
- Past Employment Positions:
- United States Navy, Lieutenant, 1963 - 1968
- Laborers' International Union of North America, Independent Hearing Officer
- President's Commission on Organized Crime in Washington, D.C., Executive Director
- Eastern District of Pennsylvania, United States Attorney
