Thomas Joseph Sweeney III

Thomas Joseph Sweeney III of Pound Ridge, NY passed away on March 18th, 2023 at home at the age of 74.

He is survived by his daughter, Keelin M. W. Sweeney of Polson, MT and his sister Deidre A. Sweeney of New York, NY. He was predeceased by his wife, Cassandra W. Sweeney and his parents Thomas and Robin Sweeney. 

Tom was born to Thomas and Robin Sweeney September 30th, 1948 in Hackensack, NJ. He graduated from Ridgefield Park High School in 1966. He went on to graduate manga cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Williams College in 1970 and cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1973. He began his legal career at Cravath, Swaine, & Moore and clerked for Judge Lloyd McMahon of the Southern District of New York. Eventually, he became a founding member of Davis, Markel, Dwyer, & Edwards, practicing law there and at its successor firms, eventually retiring as a partner of Hogan Lovells.

He was an active library volunteer at Hiram Halle Library in Pound Ridge, NY and spent many winters back at Williams College as a volunteer professor of constitutional law for the annual Winter Study. He spent his summers in Watch Hill, RI and was an avid golfer and reader.

Funeral services are planned for this August in Watch Hill, RI. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. 

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