Thomas F. Konop

Thomas F. Konop is of counsel at Sadis & Goldberg LLP and a member of the Corporate and Financial Services Group of the firm.  He has broad experience in the regulation of investment companies, their broker-dealer distributors and their advisers.  His experience includes the creation and registration of these companies, as well as their operation, regulation, compliance, management, examination and conduct in the market. In addition, he has significant experience in advising private accounts and their managers.

Mr. Konop has served both as in-house and outside counsel to a number of mutual fund complexes and insurance companies.  Prior to returning to private practice in 1999, Mr. Konop spent more than 12 years providing legal advice to a major broker-dealer/adviser, its 42 funds and its numerous private accounts.  He recently served as a consultant and general counsel for the variable annuity business of the flagship insurance company of a $463 billion global financial services organization.  He joined Sadis & Goldberg in 2002 from one of the largest law firms in the U.S.

Mr. Konop has been a speaker at industry conferences on such topics as mutual fund registration and investment adviser compliance.  He has held committee memberships dealing with such subjects as SEC rules, federal legislation, compliance, advertising and investment advisers for the Investment Company Institute.

Mr. Konop is admitted to practice in New York and Wisconsin.  He received his B.A. in 1964 and his J.D. in 1967 from Marquette University, where he was the recipient of an American Jurisprudence Award.  From 1967 to 1969 he served in the United States Army, where he attained the rank of Captain and was awarded the Bronze Star for his service as a Company Commander in the Vietnam War.