Wonder Women in Business Ally, Domenic Cervoni

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Domenic Cervoni, JD

Vice President | Senior Legal Counsel

Domenic Cervoni is Vice President | Senior Legal Counsel at HSBC North America Holdings, Inc. He primarily focuses on litigation for HSBC’s global banking and markets business and high risk US regulatory and investigatory matters. Prior to joining HSBC in the summer of 2013, Domenic was an associate in Mayer Brown’s NY office working on complex commercial and securities litigation as well as regulatory enforcement matters. Domenic is a public speaker on the topics of mental health, well-being, and leadership, and serves as an Advisor to a mental health tech company called AwareHealth.

He has presented a CLE webinar called Strive to Thrive: Why Healthy Lawyers are Good for Business, which is available through the Practicing Law Institute (PLI). Domenic also self-published a book called From Tragedy to Triumph: How My Wife's Courageous Battle With Rare Cancer Has Motivated Me to Live a Better Life Filled With Passion, Empathy, and Gratitude. It’s available on Amazon and all of the profits are donated to Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

A student of Stoicism, Domenic is guided by this principle:

“Just that you do the right thing…nothing else matters.”

- Marcus Aurelius)


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From Tragedy to Triumph

When Domenic's wife, Barbie, was diagnosed with a rare cancer called thymoma for the second time in eight years at age 33, he was confused, overwhelmed, and scared. Their sons were ages 3 and 10 months, and he had just started a new position as an in-house lawyer for a large international bank. While he read tons of inspirational stories about how individuals triumphed over illness, Domenic had trouble finding resources that could help him cope with the sickness of a loved one and show him how to use that turmoil as motivation for making impactful life changes. In From Tragedy to Triumph, Domenic recounts Barbie's courageous battle with rare cancer as a young mother and how it has motivated him to live a better life, filled with passion, empathy, and gratitude. Hundreds of thousands of people are being diagnosed with cancer every year, and Domenic hopes that they and their loved ones can use this story as a source of inspiration and healing.



Dominic Cervoni

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Vice President | Senior Legal Counsel
U.S. Litigation and Regulatory Enforcement | HSBC North America Holdings Inc.
452 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10018

Telephone: +1 212 525 1532

E-mail: domenic.c.cervoni@us.hsbc.com

Website: www.hsbc.com

Twitter: @DomCervoni