Financial Law – Banking, Trusts, Estates, Tax
Compliance, Ethics & Integrity Investigations
National-Level Experience, Accessible
25+ years as a federal banking and finance regulator, investigator, and counselor — now advising families, fiduciaries, nonprofits, and businesses in Virginia.
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Financial Law — Banking, Trusts, Estates, Tax
Counsel for individuals, families, and fiduciaries to navigate the systems that hold and govern your money, offering estate planning (wills, trusts, powers of attorney, and advance medical directives) and steps to guard against fraud and diversion of funds.
Compliance, Ethics & Integrity Investigations
Counsel for businesses and organizations focusing on ethics and compliance matters, with particular depth in workplace investigations, internal controls, and banking and financial regulations.
Deep Experience as an Attorney and Executive Leader
Michael T. McCarthy is a Harvard Law graduate who spent 25+ years in federal service across all three branches, including 16 as a career member of the Senior Executive Service. His federal practice focused on audits and investigations at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Export-Import Bank of the United States, U.S. Department of the Treasury, and House Oversight Committee.
Through his federal service in the financial sector, Mike gained deep experience in how banking, financial, and business systems actually work — and how to work through them to protect people, organizations, and their funds.