PETER F. VAIRA  
Vaira & Riley, P.C.  
1600 Market Street, Suite 2650
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103-7226  
(Philadelphia County)  
Telephone: 215-751-2700  
Facsimile: 215-751-9420
 
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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

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