Michael J. Ramos

Michael Ramos is a Senior Managing Director based in the New York office. A member of the firm’s Litigation Support Practice, he also serves as the firm’s Chief Risk and Compliance Officer. Michael’s legal and investigative career, spanning 30 years, has been defined by his commitment to excellence. A former Assistant US Attorney in the Eastern District of New York, Michael returned to investigative practice, joining Nardello & Co. after his government service.

At Nardello & Co., Michael has managed large litigation support investigations across multiple jurisdictions involving internal fraud, defense against RICO actions, libel cases, and criminal defense matters. In addition, he has successfully directed several international asset tracing and forensic accounting teams.

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EXPERIENCE PRIOR TO NARDELLO & CO.
Earlier in his career, Michael worked at Zuckerman Spaeder LLP. He also clerked for the Honorable Joan M. Azrack in the Eastern District of New York. Before his legal career, Michael was an associate director with another international investigations firm, where he conducted pre-transaction due diligence, asset searches, and fraud investigations on behalf of Fortune 500 corporations, financial institutions, law firms, and foreign governments.

Representative matters

For a financial institution, Michael led an investigation of the underwriting practices of a major mortgage lender. Michael and his teams identified and contacted hundreds of former employees located across the US. Information obtained from the employees—in some instances provided in the form of affidavits—confirmed the lender’s poor practices. Moreover, Michael developed one witness, an analyst who reported directly to executive management, who told Michael how he warned the lender’s executives about problematic loan portfolios and identified reports he provided those executives concerning problem loans. The reports had not been produced during discovery. With this information in hand, counsel reached a favorable settlement in the matter.
For a bank hoping to identify assets of an individual who defaulted on more than $500 million in loans, Michael’s team searched in France, the Netherlands, the UK, the Caribbean, and the US, and identified numerous businesses and substantial assets, including millions of dollars in artwork.

In support of an internal investigation involving an internationally known hospitality company, Michael and his team performed forensic audits, document review, employee interviews, and the forensic examination of computers at multiple locations across the US. The investigation confirmed that the accounting fraud was not as extensive as had been suspected.

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Just the Facts

Education

JD, Brooklyn Law School
BA, History & Political Science, Rutgers University

Professional Affiliations

American Bar Association
New York State Bar Association
New York City Bar Association