About Thomas Frongillo

Thomas C. Frongillo is a former federal prosecutor and trial lawyer with over 35 years of litigation experience, specializing in white collar criminal defense, government investigations, and complex commercial litigation. He has represented corporations and individuals in prosecutions and investigations involving the Economic Espionage Act (EEA), the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, cryptocurrency, health care fraud, securities and commodities fraud, public corruption, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), the Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), environmental crimes, climate change, and extortion. In many cases, Mr. Frongillo has represented clients in parallel criminal and civil litigation. He also has worked extensively with private equity and venture capital firms on civil and regulatory matters, including acquisition due diligence. Previously, Mr. Frongillo was a co-chair of the white collar practice group of a top-15 AmLaw international firm.

Throughout his career, both as a private practitioner and as a federal prosecutor, Mr. Frongillo has been called upon to handle a multitude of complex, high-stakes cases involving a wide range of legal issued in jurisdictions across the country. He served as Special Counsel to the Massachusetts House of Representatives Committee on Ethics in an investigation of possible misconduct by a legislator, and represented the Massachusetts Legislature during a federal investigation of alleged unlawful hiring practices by a state official. In other high-profile matters, Mr. Frongillo has successfully represented the majority owners of an NBA team in a dispute concerning a trade of one of the NBA’s top players; the engineers who designed the ceiling of the Big Dig’s connector tunnel near Logan Airport in Boston that collapsed in 2006; a Fortune 50 company in an investigation by the SEC of alleged securities fraud stemming from the financial crisis of 2008; a bank in the Nation’s largest bank failure; a university in an investigation of alleged financial impropriety by its former president; and a non-profit Rhode Island hospital indicted on federal public corruption charges. He also represented the City of Boston in regulatory proceedings and civil litigation in connection with the proposed development of a casino in the Boston area.