A Uniondale law firm added two former Federal Bureau of Investigation agents to its team. Ruskin Moscou Faltischek (RMF) welcomed Tracie Razzagone and James Chios as of counsel in the firm’s White Collar Crime & Investigations Practice Group and Health Law Department.
Razzagone brings more than 25 years of public service, mostly with the FBI. Chios has more than 30 years of public service experience, with most of his career also dedicated to the FBI.
“The knowledge and government expertise Tracie and James bring to the firm are tremendous assets,” RMF Managing Partner Adam Silvers said in a news release about the new attorneys at the firm.
“Their experience with complex investigations and regulatory matters will greatly benefit our clients,” he added. “RMF is one of the few firms to have three former FBI agents in its White Collar Crime & Investigations Practice Group and Health Law Department. We are thrilled to welcome them to the team.”
Razzagone specializes in complex financial crimes, specifically in securities and health care fraud, and money laundering. She provides insight on multi-faceted, complex financial investigations, asset recovery, cyber issues and crisis management. She has extensive experience in investigating both financial and global financial crimes.
At the FBI, she served as supervisory special agent and securities fraud program coordinator in New York, provided oversight in the FBI’s national Health Care Fraud Program as a program manager in Washington, D.C., and served as a special assistant U.S. attorney in the Eastern District of New York’s Asset Recovery Section. In these roles, she oversaw investigation and operations while working to “mitigate threats against the financial markets through a forward leaning synergistic approach combining the partners such as the Securities and Exchange Commission, Commodities Futures Trading Commission, and other federal, state, and local partners,” according to the news release. Razzagone also served in the FBI’s Office of General Counsel, supporting national security, cyber and criminal matters.
A public speaker and trainer, Razzagone delivers insights on complex financial crime, money laundering and compliance, and deployment of sophisticated investigative techniques.
Chios provides expertise in complex investigations, asset recovery, cyber issues and crisis management. He also delivers insights on terrorism, criminal and intelligence matters. He has extensive experience in investigating complex coordinated attacks on a global level.
He led several FBI investigations and classified programs as a supervisory special agent in New York, Washington, D.C. and at several U.S. embassies abroad. He oversaw criminal and national security investigations, and undercover and tactical operations, while working to prevent threats against the U.S. “through a forward-leaning synergistic approach combining the US Intelligence Community, DOD [Department of Defense] and our foreign partners,” according to the news release.
Chios assisted in multi-agency initiatives and major responses to threats against persons and property. He served in several overseas postings, representing the FBI while working with the US Intelligence Community, the Joint Special Operations Command and foreign partners in a leadership, liaison and on the tactical level to include but not limited to Afghanistan, Iraq, Africa, Asia, Central America, Europe and the Middle East.
Both Razzagone and Chios also serve as partners of a strategic crisis management, intelligence and security advisory firm.