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Commercial Litigation
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Corporate Integrity & Crisis Management
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Labor Law
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Sports Law
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White Collar Defense
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The firm has represented numerous corporations and professional persons in complex commercial lawsuits across the country. The litigation includes: civil antitrust, contracts, civil health care, and professional responsibility. The firm does not engage in insurance defense. Members of the firm have served as counsel to major corporations in times of crisis management. The members of the firm have extensive experience in acting as a special investigation counsel to determine matters of integrity, conflict of interest, and the propriety of relationships with government officials. The firm members have also served in this capacity with large government agencies, and the government of South Africa. Peter F. Vaira currently serves as the Independent Hearing Officer for the Laborers International Union of North America, a 700,000 member union, hearing disciplinary charges, trusteeship complaints, and election protests. The firm has extensive experience in management-labor relationships, internal union governance, and the firm is comfortable in representing both labor and management.
The firm has extensive experience in sports management. The firm currently counsels a major figure in the National Hockey League. In the past the firm has represented a minor league baseball team in litigation and integrity matters.
The firm has represented numerous public officials, professional persons, and corporations and officers of large, public companies being investigated for white-collar crimes and regulatory violations in all phases of the criminal justice system, including grand jury investigations, criminal trials, sentencing, appeals and administrative hearings. |