PETER F. VAIRA 08/14/07
Vaira & Riley, P.C.
1600 Market Street, Suite 2650
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103-7226
(Philadelphia County)
Telephone: 215-751-2700
Facsimile: 215-751-9420
POSITION: Member
PRACTICE-AREAS: Civil Litigation; Criminal Law;
Appellate Practice; White Collar Crime; Labor Arbitration; Health Care Fraud.
ADMITTED: 1962, Pennsylvania; 1968, District of
Columbia; 1984, Illinois
LAW-SCHOOL: Duquesne
University (J.D.), 1962
COLLEGE: Duquesne University
(B.A.), 1959
TEXT: Author, "Corporate Responses to
Grand Jury Investigations," Matthew Bender, 1984; "Pennsylvania Federal Practice
Rules," Gann Publishing Company, 1996. Member: U.S. Department of Justice,
1968-1978; AIC, Philadelphia, 1972-1973 and Chicago, 1973-1978, Strike Force on
Organized Crime. U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1979-1983;
Executive Director, President's Commission on Organized Crime, 1983; Mayor's
Selection Committee for Philadelphia Police Commissioner, 1994; Panel Member,
Seminar, Controlling International Organized Crime, Rome, Sorrento, Italy, June
1995; Panel Member, International Conference, Jury Trials, Buenos Aires,
Argentina, 1996; Member, Philadelphia Commission on Police Corruption,
1997-1998. Member: American Law Institute. Fellow, American College of Trial
Lawyers (Chairman, Criminal Procedure Committee, 1991-1994). Independent Hearing
Officer, Laborers' International Union of North America, 1995- . [Lt., USN,
1963-1968]
BORN: March 5, 1937, McKeesport,
Pennsylvania
ISLN: 901876926