Patrick S. Mccarthy

Patrick McCarthy has served in executive leadership roles for multiple Fortune 500 companies—including U.S. Bank, Cisco Systems, Inc., Fifth Third Bancorp, Capital One Financial Corp, and Western Digital Technology—and other corporate entities, where he has led global security teams and written multiple policies, procedures, and operational manuals and directives about conducting employee misbehavior investigations and external investigations, worldwide physical security and site assessments, and executive and personnel security.

Areas of expertise include:

- Bank security, including Bank Protection Act; Compliance with Section 208.61 CFR (Bank Security Procedures); and bank third-party security vendor assessment and backgrounding
- Inadequate/negligent security claims
- Site security assessments
- Corporate security
- Security management
- Security guard services


Services Mr. McCarthy offers to litigators include:
- Investigation of employee misbehavior and policy violations
- Due diligence and compliance with employee hiring, background/criminal history, onboarding practices and policies
- Reviewing and investigating physical security policies, personnel security, site safety and assessment
- Conducting and leading complex internal investigations
- Due diligence in the financial services industry

Prior to joining the corporate world, Mr. McCarthy retired from a notable 18-year career as a Law Enforcement Professional after serving with three large metropolitan agencies in Southern California and the Utah State Department of Public Safety. Throughout his career, Mr. McCarthy established himself as a Subject Matter Expert in conducting criminal investigations and as a respected leader of other law enforcement personnel in various roles.

Mr. McCarthy has been a Forensic Expert at Park Dietz & Associates since 2023.