Thomas A Hanusik

Practice Areas

White Collar and Regulatory Enforcement

Investigations

Litigation and Trial

Executive Practice

Energy Investigations

False Claims Act and Procurement Fraud

Government Contracts Investigations

Securities Fraud and Financial Investigations

National Security

Financial Services

Environmental, Social, and Governance

Monitorships and Independent Counsel

Congressional Investigations

Anti-Corruption and FCPA

Career

Whether defending government inquiries or conducting internal investigations, companies and individuals need legal counsel with prosecutorial and white collar defense experience, credibility, and first-hand knowledge of the priorities of regulators and law enforcement officials. As a former federal prosecutor who served on DOJ’s Enron Task Force and led numerous other high-profile investigations, Tom is valued by his clients not only as a strategic and effective counsel, but also as a trusted advisor.

Tom defends publicly traded and privately held companies, senior executives, board members and politicians across the spectrum of internal and government investigations, criminal and civil trials, regulatory enforcement actions, and appeals. With a focus on white collar defense, SEC enforcement, FINRA enforcement and internal investigations, Tom draws on over 30 years of experience to conduct internal investigations, negotiate favorable resolutions, lead trial and appellate teams, and advise on remedial measures, compliance programs and training.

Tom's recent engagements include representing institutions and executives in matters involving alleged violations of federal securities laws such as financial fraud, insider trading, FCPA and Reg S-K, AML prohibitions, federal and state tax statutes, public corruption laws, and U.S. export controls and sanctions regulations.

Before joining Crowell & Moring, Tom spent almost 12 years at the U.S. Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission. While at DOJ, Tom was one of the original prosecutors on the Enron Task Force, where he successfully prosecuted a number of senior executives and external advisers. He was then promoted to assistant chief in the Criminal Division, Fraud Section, where he led securities fraud investigations and prosecutions. Prior to joining DOJ, Tom was senior counsel in the SEC's Division of Enforcement, where he successfully prosecuted a series of insider trading and financial fraud cases.

Throughout his service at DOJ and SEC, Tom led, supervised, and coordinated a number of parallel criminal grand jury and civil law enforcement investigations. He also led the negotiation of numerous corporate-level dispositions on behalf of the government, including civil injunctive actions, cease-and-desist proceedings and criminal deferred-prosecution and non-prosecution agreements.

Since 2014, Tom has been nationally ranked in Chambers USA for White-Collar Crime and Government Investigations; he has likewise been ranked, since 2021, for FCPA. He is a member of the firm’s White Collar & Regulatory Enforcement Group, which Law360 previously named a "White Collar Group of the Year" and one of ten "FCPA Powerhouses.” He also chairs the Investigations Practice, is a member of the White Collar Group’s Steering Committee, and a member of the firm’s Management Board.

Professional Memberships

American Bar Association

Association of Securities and Exchange Commission Alumni, Inc.

EBW Inn of Court

Publications

DOJ's 'Déjà Vu All Over Again' For Corporate Crime | 11.10.21

Westlaw Today

Preparing For The ‘Surge’: Enhanced Corporate Enforcement | 10.20.21

Westlaw Today

Gap Year: COVID-19's Impact on White-Collar Crime Enforcement and Defense | 12.08.20

Criminal Justice, Vol. 35, No. 3

The Rise of Insider Trading as a Title 18 Offense | 03.11.20

The Review of Securities & Commodities Regulation, Vol. 53, No. 5

Clarifications Needed After DOJ's New FCPA Policy | 03.22.19

Law360

Cooperation Credit, Ethical Implications, Privilege and Upjohn Warnings | 11.01.18

PLI Current: White Collar Practice Journal, Vol. 1, No. 1

Financial Regulators Have Gotten the Memo—The "Brand Memo" | 09.21.18

SA Financial Regulation Journal

White Collar – The Yates Memo: Presumption of Guilt? | 01.18.17

Crowell & Moring's Litigation Forecast 2017

IRS And SEC Have Contrary Views On Disgorgement | 06.20.16

Law360

What's Missing From The SEC's Forum Selection Guidance | 05.21.15

Law360

Experience

Government Experience

Securities & Exchange Commission

Senior Counsel, Division of Enforcement, 1994 — 1998

Department of Justice: Criminal Division

Trial Attorney, 1998 — 2003

Senior Counsel for Securities Fraud, 2003 — 2004

Assistant Chief, 2004 — 2006

Department of Justice: Enron Task Force

Prosecutor, Enron Task Force, 2002 — 2003

Education