Chief Legal and Compliance Officer

As HAI Group’s chief legal and compliance officer, Tony is responsible for overseeing the company’s legal, regulatory compliance, claims, and product development functions. Tony has more than 20 years of experience serving nonprofits nationwide, the insurance industry, licensed professionals in a wide range of industries, and a diverse range of additional clients.

Prior to joining the company, Tony was a partner at Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP, where his practice focused on professional liability, intellectual property, complex tort matters, and sports concussion. Tony’s vast legal experience also includes successfully representing clients in complex litigation and class actions, including professional liability, intellectual property, transactions, civil rights, and employment. Tony has served as outside general counsel for a nationwide environmental consultancy, the national Pop Warner Football organization, and various other business concerns. During his tenure at the law firm Wilson Elser, Tony defended cases on behalf of HAI Group and spoke on various panels at HAI Group’s annual seminar for housing authority defense attorneys. He earned his juris doctorate from Pace University School of Law and a bachelor’s degree in business administration from The College of Insurance co-op program. Tony is admitted to practice law in the State of Connecticut; the State of New York; the U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; and U.S. District Courts in Connecticut and New York.