Peter Hardy

Practice Areas

Peter Hardy, a former federal prosecutor, is a national thought leader on the subject of money laundering, anti-money laundering and criminal tax law. He co-leads and is the founder of the firm's Anti-Money Laundering Team. Peter edits and frequently contributes to Money Laundering Watch, Ballard Spahr's blog devoted to criminal and regulatory money laundering issues. He is the author of Criminal Tax, Money Laundering, and Bank Secrecy Act Litigation, a well-reviewed and comprehensive legal treatise concerning the investigation, prosecution and defense of criminal tax, money laundering, and Bank Secrecy Act cases, published by Bloomberg BNA. Peter also serves as the Co-Chair for the Practising Law Institute's annual Anti-Money Laundering Program, and serves on the Steering Committee for the Cambridge Forum on Sanctions & AML Compliance.

Peter advises corporations and individuals across a range of industries against allegations of misconduct, including money laundering, tax fraud, mortgage fraud and lending law violations, securities fraud, public corruption, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violations, and other financial fraud. Peter also counsels financial institutions and businesses on their anti-money laundering obligations under the Bank Secrecy Act and other compliance requirements, including issues involving money transmission, digital assets and cryptocurrency, cannabis and anti-corruption.

Career

Admissions:

District of Columbia, Pennsylvania, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, U.S. Tax Court, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Professional Memberships

Fellow, American College of Tax Counsel

Co-chair, Practising Law Institute, Anti-Money Laundering Program

American Bar Association Criminal Justice Section, White Collar Crime Committee

Federal Bar Association for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Criminal Law Committee

Cambridge Forum on Sanctions & AML Compliance, Steering Committee

Personal

University of Michigan Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1994)

Executive Note Editor, University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

University of Michigan (B.A. 1991, with highest distinction)

Phi Beta Kappa