Peter Francis Vaira

Background

Vaira, Peter Francis was born on March 5, 1937 in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Peter Francis and Mary Louise (Bedogne) Vaira.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Duquesne U., 1959; Juris Doctor, Duquesne U., 1962.

Career

Attorney, Chicago Strike Force, Justice Department, 1968-1972; attorney in charge, Philadelphia Strike Force, 1972-1973; attorney in charge, Chicago Strike Force on Organized Crime, 1973-1978; United State Attorneys, Philadelphia, 1978-1983; partner firm, Lord Bissel & Brook, Chicago, 1983-1986; partner, Fox, Rothschild, O'Brien & Frankel, Philadelphia, 1986-1990; partner, Buchanan Ingersoll, Philadelphia, 1990-1992; partner, Vaira & Associations, Philadelphia, 1992-1993; partner, Vaira & Riley, Philadelphia, since 1993. Executive director President's Commision on Organized Crime, 1983. Independent hearing officer Laborers International Union North America, since 1995.

Panelist, seminar, controlling international organized crime, Rome, Sorrento, Italy, June 1994. Panelist, International Conference on Trial by Jury, Buenos Aires, October 1996.

Achievements

• Peter Francis Vaira has been listed as a reputable Lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • Corporate responses to federal grand jury investigations

Membership

Member Mayor's Search Committee for Police Commissioner, Philadelphia, 1992. Corruption task force Philadelphia Police, 1997. Served on active duty United States Naval Reserve, 1963-1968.

Fellow American College Trial Lawyers (chairman criminal procedure committee). Member American Bar Association (member criminal justice county 1986), American Law Institute, Union League, Philadelphia Country Club.

Connections

Married Mary Hohler, 1981.

Father:

Peter Francis Vaira

Mother:

Mary Louise (Bedogne) Vaira

Spouse:

Mary Hohler