Attorneys

Philip Thomas is Of Counsel to the Investment Management group of Garrity, Graham, Murphy, Garofalo & Flinn.  He is a securities and regulatory attorney specializing in private fund formation and investment adviser, broker-dealer and investment bank compliance matters.  He spent six years at Merrill Lynch in New York, and in 1996 was a key member of the team that brought to market Merrill's first fund of hedge funds.  From 2006-2008 he was Chief Compliance Officer and Deputy General Counsel of SB Schonfeld Fund Advisors LLC, the New York asset management firm.  At Schonfeld, Philip was the lead attorney on the formation of a number of private investment funds and created and maintained the compliance program at three investment advisers.  Philip is currently the Chief Compliance Officer to an investment adviser with wealth management, private fund and 40 Act advisory activities.  As a consultant, he has served household name hedge fund firms, PE funds, VCs and investment banks on regulatory and legal matters.  He has published numerous articles on hedge fund issues, and teaches private fund-related Continuing Legal Education classes.  Philip is a former US Navy officer.  He is an honor graduate of the US Navy Supply Corps School; a graduate of Rutgers School of Law-Camden; and received an AB from Hamilton College, with honors.  He earned the Project Management Professional certification in 2006 and is a member of the New York Bar.