Edward M. Nogay

Eddie focuses his practice on high-stakes internal investigations. He regularly conducts complex investigations for the largest banks in the U.S. and leads inquiries into a wide array of internal issues and allegations. Eddie also defends leading financial institutions facing external scrutiny from government and industry regulators, including the OCC, SEC, and DOJ.

Eddie works closely with clients to develop strategy and respond to civil enforcement actions and criminal investigations. He frequently counsels financial institutions and fintech clients on how to handle and respond to subpoenas and grand jury investigations. His experience includes representing individuals and corporations across industries in civil litigation and white-collar criminal matters at the federal and state levels. Eddie also has experience with compliance counseling and Bank Secrecy Act (BSA)/Anti-Money Laundering (AML) issues and related obligations.

Eddie regularly assists clients in navigating incident response and crisis management matters. Clients call on Eddie to handle their most sensitive and urgent matters and trust him to provide legal and strategic advice during times of crisis. Eddie has successfully helped clients navigate high-stakes incidents, including physical threats to company executives and business disruptions by threat actors, by taking quick action such as obtaining temporary protective orders and restraining orders and coordinating referrals to law enforcement.

Eddie also maintains an active pro bono practice. He serves as a Charlotte Triage Pro Bono Champion and was selected by the firm to serve as a pro bono ambassador in the Charlotte office. He regularly represents pro bono clients in criminal expunction matters and facilitates expunction eligibility determination clinics with the Charlotte Center for Legal Advocacy. In partnership with the Duke Law Wrongful Convictions Clinic, Eddie was a member of the team that secured the release of a pro bono client who had spent almost three decades in prison for a crime he did not commit.

Before joining the firm, Eddie served as a law clerk to U.S. District Judge Frederick P. Stamp, Jr. in the Northern District of West Virginia. Prior to clerking, Eddie graduated Order of the Coif from the West Virginia University College of Law.

As an undergraduate at Washington & Jefferson College, Eddie was a college baseball All-American. He was inducted into the Washington & Jefferson College Athletic Hall of Fame as a member of the Class of 2023.

• Coordinated an internal investigation into allegations of employee misconduct at a major financial institution involving more than 700 employee interviews over a short period in response to demands from banking regulators.
• Conducted an internal investigation into a financial institution’s check processing functions related to delayed customer payments and allegations of employee misconduct.
• Defended a major financial institution in enforcement actions brought by the DOJ, SEC, and multiple state attorneys general.
• Advised a major financial institution in responding to an enforcement inquiry from the OCC.
• Investigated allegations of money laundering for a national bank, including the evaluation of internal BSA/AML policies and procedures.
• Represented witnesses in a high-profile federal criminal trial and prepared witnesses for grand jury testimony.

• Inductee, Washington & Jefferson College Athletic Hall of Fame, Class of 2023
• Recipient, NCAA Student-Athlete Post-Graduate Scholarship
• Recipient, Patrick Duffy Koontz Award for leadership, citizenship, and academic excellence, 2017
• Recipient, CALI Awards for Excellence: Contracts; Interviewing, Counseling and Negotiation; and Advanced Statutory Tort Substitutes
• All-American, American Baseball Coaches Association/Rawlings, Pitcher, 2016
• Recipient, Walter C. Cooper Athlete of the Year Award, 2017