Thomas Mahoney, Jr., is a partner in the Savannah law firm Ranitz, Mahoney & Mahoney PC, which focuses on criminal and trial law.

Mahoney has been involved with general law practice since 1962. He previously served as a Special Agent for the FBI, earned his B.A. from the University of South Carolina and received his J.D. from the University of South Carolina School of Law.

In 1995, Mahoney was elected Grand Marshal of the St. Patrick's Day Parade in Savannah, and has served as the past president of both the Irish Heritage and the Sinn Fein in Societies of Savannah, the latter of which has no affiliation with Northern Ireland.

A fourth-generation Irish-American who traces his roots to Co. Cork, Mahoney has traveled to Ireland four times since 2004.

He enjoys the sounds of local Savannah musician Harry O'Donoghue, as well as the writings of Frank McCourt, and lives with his wife, Judy, in Savannah. They are proud parents to four children and grandparents to three.

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