Patrick J. McCarty is Of Counsel to Ruddy Gregory, PLLC, in the Washington, DC office as well as Principal and Founder of McCarty Financial, LLC.

Mr. McCarty is a seasoned financial services attorney with 35 years experience in banking, securities and commodities law. Mr. McCarty’s practice focuses on cutting edge policy and regulatory issues related to commodities, swaps, fintech services and digital asset products. Mr. McCarty has significant senior staff legal experience with the US Federal Financial Regulators (CFTC, SEC and Banking) as well as legislative experience on Capitol Hill during both Dodd Frank Act and the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act. Mr. McCarty, who is a registered lobbyist, provides sophisticated legislative and regulatory advice to financial services firms engaged in commodities, swaps, fintech services and digital asset products. Mr.

McCarty is an adjunct law professor at both Georgetown University Law Center, where he teaches a Seminar on Cryptocurrencies (2018 to present), and Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law, where he teaches a Class on Derivatives (2011 to present) as well as a Seminar on Cryptocurrencies (2022).