Thomas Feeney is a Partner & Senior Managing Director based in New York, where he is an integral member of Nardello & Co.’s Litigation & Arbitration Support and Anti-Corruption & Fraud Investigations practices.

• EXPERIENCE PRIOR TO NARDELLO & CO.

  In the six years he worked at the international law firm of Dewey & LeBoeuf, Tom led and participated in numerous investigations in support of civil litigation matters as well as ones involving bribery, fraud, embezzlement, and alleged violations of the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Prior to that, he served for a decade as a US postal inspector in New York. He was case agent for the investigation and prosecution of US vs. John J. Rigas et al., in which the former CEO and former CFO of Adelphia Communications Corporation, one of the nation’s largest cable television companies, were convicted of numerous securities and bank fraud charges following a seven-month trial.

  Tom also served on the Joint Terrorism Task Force in New York and was a representative to FINRA’s White Collar Crime roundtable. He has spoken on white-collar crime at the FBI’s Corporate Fraud Training Conference and has lectured at both New York University and Villanova law schools. He has prepared submissions for congressional review and also contributed to Building a World-Class Compliance Program: Best Practices and Strategies for Success, by Martin T. Biegelman (Wiley, 2008).

• In defense of a civil matter arising from improprieties alleged to have occurred at a high-profile workplace, Tom located and interviewed former professional colleagues of the complainant. Traveling to five states in one month, Tom developed more than 10 witnesses and collected documentary evidence that showed how, rather than being a victim, the complainant planned, initiated, and conducted a personal relationship with a celebrity with the deliberate aim of obtaining a prominent position in the television industry. The information gathered proved crucial to the defense in obtaining an overwhelmingly favorable settlement.
• On behalf of four bank employees charged with mortgage fraud in federal court, Tom undertook an extensive investigation in which he led teams that identified, located, and interviewed nearly every party involved in each mortgage transaction undertaken by the defendants, from the home buyers and sellers to real estate agents, appraisers, and numerous bank employees, including mortgage brokers, underwriters, and senior managers. Over a five-month period, more than 100 interviews were conducted in eight states. Several of the interviews developed significant information that suggested the bank had prioritized sales over internal controls, loosening underwriting standards to the point of meaninglessness with the aim of closing mortgages and reselling them as fast as possible to skirt liability for the poorly underwritten loans. This information undercut the prosecution’s claim that the bank maintained high underwriting standards that the defendants conspired to circumvent.

Education

• BA, English & Spanish Literature, University of Virginia

Awards

• Chambers and Partners 2022 Litigation Support Guide: Band 2
• Chambers and Partners 2021 Litigation Support Guide: Band 2
• Executive Award of the Chief Postal Inspector
• Investigator of the Year, Federal Law Enforcement Foundation

Languages

• Spanish (advanced)

Publications

• Contributor: Building a World-Class Compliance Program: Best Practices and Strategies for Success, by Martin T. Biegelman (Wiley, 2008)