Peter E. Gelhaar is a former federal prosecutor with broad expertise in representing persons and entities involved in white collar criminal proceedings, enforcement proceedings brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission, and business litigation matters. He also counsels clients on compliance with federal law concerning health care, securities, consumer products, military and government procurement, and customs matters. Mr. Gelhaar also represents attorneys in Board of Bar Overseers investigations and proceedings, and other professionals before professional disciplinary boards. Mr. Gelhaar has served as a non-neutral arbitrator in an arbitration proceeding.

Mr. Gelhaar has successfully defended numerous persons and entities in criminal, enforcement and regulatory proceedings including:

		The dismissal of bank fraud and bank bribery charges against the President and Director of a large Metropolitan Boston bank;
		A not guilty verdict returned against an individual accused of defrauding a federal agency;
		The successful defense of numerous targets of grand jury investigations investigating allegations of health care fraud;
		Successfully representing several individuals and entities accused by the Securities and Exchange Commission of committing insider trading and accounting fraud violations;
		Successfully defended clients in proceedings commenced by federal and state regulators;
		Successfully defended investment advisors in investigations conducted by federal prosecutors and securities regulators into fraudulent investment practices; and
		Exonerated numerous individuals accused of committing fraud against federal and state taxing authorities.

Mr. Gelhaar was appointed Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts in 1986 and later became Deputy Chief of the Civil Division and Chief of Affirmative Civil Enforcement, prosecuting civil fraud cases against government contractors and representing the federal government in a wide variety of other civil lawsuits. Thereafter, he served in the Criminal Division as a member of Major Crimes and Public Corruption Units, prosecuting bank fraud, health care fraud, government and military procurement fraud, and public corruption cases. Mr. Gelhaar also trained law enforcement officers and federal attorneys on false government claims actions, general civil and grand jury practice, civil and criminal fraud, and search and seizure law.

From 1996 to 2001, Mr. Gelhaar served as a member of the Massachusetts Judicial Nominating Commission which screens, interviews, and recommends candidates for appointment to the bench. Mr. Gelhaar also served from 1999 through 2001 on the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine, which oversees the accreditation and professional conduct of the Commonwealth's physicians. Mr. Gelhaar was also recently appointed as the New England Regional Co-Chair of the American Bar Association's White Collar Crime Subcommittee.

A 1982, cum laude graduate of Boston College Law School, Mr. Gelhaar served as Articles Editor of The Boston College Law Review and delivered legal services to the disadvantaged through the Vermont Legal Aid program. He is a phi beta kappa, cum laude graduate of the University of Vermont, where he captained the varsity swimming team. After law school, Mr. Gelhaar served as a Massachusetts Superior Court Law Clerk and subsequently joined Nutter, McClennen & Fish as an associate, where his training and practice were concentrated in business and product liability litigation and in white collar criminal defense