About Tom
Tom Vincent is a Partner at Pierson Ferdinand and is a Certfied Information Systems Security Professional, a Certified Regulatory Compliance Manager, and a Certified Information Privacy Professional/United States. Tom helps organizations navigate the complex legal landscape of cybersecurity, data privacy, compliance, and corporate governance with practical, business-minded legal counsel. Drawing on his background as a former banking executive and compliance officer, he brings a strategic, preventive approach that aligns legal solutions with business goals.He brings extensive experience in regulatory compliance to his practice, having served as Chief Compliance Officer for banks, investment advisers, and a broker-dealer, as well as Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer, responsible for ensuring compliance with a myriad of requirements, including broker-dealer and investment adviser activities and compensation, customer protection and privacy, information security, corporate governance, anti-money laundering, and sweepstakes and electronic transactions.Tom assists his clients with issues involving data security and privacy, including the design and establishment of privacy and cybersecurity programs, negotiation of appropriate protections for client information, breach identification, and required reporting. He applies his corporate compliance experience to guide clients through the myriads of state, federal, and international laws, regulations, and requirements to protect them from potential lawsuits and regulatory action.Tom regularly presents to a variety of audiences, including attorneys, healthcare practices, financial and human resource professionals, and professional services firms, on cybersecurity, data privacy, regulatory compliance and professional development and inclusion. He is currently an Adjunct Professor of Cyber Security Law and Policy at The University of Tulsa College of Law. In addition, Tom is currently on the Advisory Board of Oklahomans for Equality, and because of his efforts to champion the cause of diversity Tom was awarded the Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher Diversity Award by the Oklahoma Bar Association in 2023.
Tom Vincent is a Partner at Pierson Ferdinand and is a Certfied Information Systems Security Professional, a Certified Regulatory Compliance Manager, and a Certified Information Privacy Professional/United States. Tom helps organizations navigate the complex legal landscape of cybersecurity, data privacy, compliance, and corporate governance with practical, business-minded legal counsel. Drawing on his background as a former banking executive and compliance officer, he brings a strategic, preventive approach that aligns legal solutions with business goals.
He brings extensive experience in regulatory compliance to his practice, having served as Chief Compliance Officer for banks, investment advisers, and a broker-dealer, as well as Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer, responsible for ensuring compliance with a myriad of requirements, including broker-dealer and investment adviser activities and compensation, customer protection and privacy, information security, corporate governance, anti-money laundering, and sweepstakes and electronic transactions.
Tom assists his clients with issues involving data security and privacy, including the design and establishment of privacy and cybersecurity programs, negotiation of appropriate protections for client information, breach identification, and required reporting. He applies his corporate compliance experience to guide clients through the myriads of state, federal, and international laws, regulations, and requirements to protect them from potential lawsuits and regulatory action.
Tom regularly presents to a variety of audiences, including attorneys, healthcare practices, financial and human resource professionals, and professional services firms, on cybersecurity, data privacy, regulatory compliance and professional development and inclusion. He is currently an Adjunct Professor of Cyber Security Law and Policy at The University of Tulsa College of Law. In addition, Tom is currently on the Advisory Board of Oklahomans for Equality, and because of his efforts to champion the cause of diversity Tom was awarded the Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher Diversity Award by the Oklahoma Bar Association in 2023.
Practice Areas
Education
Awards & Recognition
- Recognized: FinTech Practice
- Recognized: Privacy and Data Security Law
- Practice Area: Securities / Capital Markets Law
- Practice Area: IT Outsourcing Law
- Practice Area: Securities Regulation
- Practice Area: Technology Law
- Practice Area: Financial Services Regulation Law
- Practice Area: Corporate Compliance Law
- Practice Area: Banking and Finance Law
- Practice Area: Administrative / Regulatory Law