• Kent Recovery Services, ("KRS") provides settlement fund recovery services to businesses of all sizes in class action litigation, with an emphasis on antitrust/anti-competitive actions.

  KRS has found that class members involved in these matters benefits from our experience in dealing with the complexities of claims management. Our firm is dedicated to locating deserving claimants for anti-competitive actions occurring in the United States and throughout the World. We aggressively assist them with obtaining the recoveries they are due.

  For our clients, we will aggregate purchase histories, analyze transactional data and assist the client with understanding all of the appropriate options that pertain to them, which may include filing a claim in a settlement, opting out to pursue their claim independent of any group or class action or potentially monetizing their claim prior to final resolution. We work diligently to improve class participation rates and believe that all potential class members should be informed about actions for which they may be eligible as soon as new matter is contemplated.

Our Team

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  David J. Fair, Esq.

  Managing Director

  Prior to being a Founding Member of Kent Recovery Services, Mr. Fair played an integral role in creating the class action recovery industry through his work at Class Action Refund, LLC, which he joined in December of 2005, after having been outside counsel for the company. Mr. Fair was instrumental in developing sound research methodologies and systems for identifying and evaluating new cases. Additionally, Mr. Fair was integrally involved with all aspects of the business including operations, processing and most notably, sales. In March of 2010, Mr. Fair was appointed Chief Operating Officer, overseeing all corporate activities. Mr. Fair has worked diligently at creating positive, rewarding relationships with major claims administrators and various class plaintiffs’ attorneys to ensure smooth transactions for our clients.

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  Mr. Fair began his career in 1988 with Citibank/Citigroup where he worked for 12 years, ultimately becoming a Vice President, working in retail banking, bank operations and product development. He also worked for several years at Mellon Investor Services (now BONY Mellon) as a Relationship Manager for MetLife. As an Adjunct Professor in Business at Mercy College for many years he taught graduate level classes in bank operations and international finance. He has a J.D. degree from Pace University School of Law, a BA degree in Political Economics from Fordham University and an MA in International Political Economy and Development also from Fordham University.

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  Leonard E. Veneziano

  Managing Director

  Leonard E. Veneziano, is the co-founder and Managing Director of Kent Recovery Services (Kent). Mr. Veneziano started the firm in 2015 after 11 years as a partner at Class Action Refund, LLC. While at CAR, Mr. Veneziano primarily focused on handling the firm’s most complex cases, servicing several Fortune 100 companies around the world including BP, The Procter & Gamble Company, Baxter HealthCare, and Novartis Corporation to name a few. Mr. Veneziano demonstrates exceptional sales and leadership skills and has spearheaded several critical projects. In 2006, Mr. Veneziano was named Project Manager for the Iowa Indirect Vitamins Settlement and recovered nearly 3 million dollars for a group of farmers in rural Iowa. Mr. Veneziano and his team worked tirelessly to maximize the returns for these farmers which was made more difficult by the fact that they had no purchase data. In this instance, Mr. Veneziano contacted various suppliers and was able to obtain relevant records directly from their suppliers that had the information stored, but only in tonnage. Mr. Veneziano then hired two experts from Iowa to interpret the data and convert the tonnage into dollars. As a result, substantial recoveries were made for a group of claimants that otherwise would have received nothing.

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  Mr. Veneziano also had tremendous success in the Marine Hose Cartel matter in Europe. He traveled to several conventions in the U.S., and abroad to better educate himself about the oil industry as a whole. As a result, Mr. Veneziano contacted several oil & gas companies that had originally thought their claims were worthless. Through a proprietary database that he was able to discover through his own research, Mr. Veneziano was able to provide details about particular offshore projects to help complex companies navigate internally to uncover where and how much marine hose was purchased. As a result, several seven-figure claims were created for clients that would have otherwise not participated at all. Some of Mr. Veneziano’s clients include Spain’s largest oil Company – Repsol YPF, Nexen Petroleum, BP America, Inc., ADMA-OPCO, a subsidiary of ADNOC; (Dubai’s state-owned oil company) and E.N.I. S.p.A. (Italy’s state-owned oil company). Mr. Veneziano was also able to recover several million dollars for his clients in the TFT-LCD Indirect Purchaser Settlement, many of whom were unaware that they could use credible estimates to make a claim. Through Mr. Veneziano’s intimate understanding of the process, he was able to secure recoveries for 100’s of clients that he represented. As a Member of the Turnaround Management Association (TMA), Mr. Veneziano works diligently to identify restitution opportunities for distressed companies, portfolio managers, bankruptcy trustees, attorneys, and private equity firms that otherwise would go unnoticed. Mr. Veneziano has recovered several million dollars for his TMA clients and many of them turn to him for advice on how to maximize recoveries in these situations. Mr. Veneziano resides in White Plains, NY with his daughter. He also enjoys playing tennis, ice hockey, snowboarding, and a collector of fine wine.

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  Joseph A. Lodi

  Managing Director

  As Co Founding Member and Managing Director of Kent Recovery Services, Mr. Lodi plays a leading role in strategic business management and development as well as customer and employee relations. Formerly of Class Action Refund llc, Mr. Lodi founded and directed CAR throughout its almost 15 years in business. Within this time frame Mr. Lodi played an instrumental role in its unprecedented success for its Global clientele. Joseph has degrees in both political science and business marketing.
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  Patrick D. Jermyn Esq.

  Deputy General Counsel

  Patrick D. Jermyn is Deputy General Counsel of Kent Recovery Services. He brings with him a wealth of knowledge of the claims recovery business and a simplified approach to a sometimes complex process. Clients often appreciate Mr. Jermyn’s ability to offer brief and succinct advice on the best course of action. Such attitude and ability has led to the recovery for his clients of tens of millions of dollars. Mr. Jermyn also had a successful law practice for 16 years. He did his undergraduate studies at Pace University where he graduated with a B.A. in Finance. He was also a standout baseball player at Pace and attended the University with a full scholarship. He received his J.D. degree from Pace University School of Law where he graduated Cum Laude, and is a member of the American Bar Association.
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  Gino Caligiuri

  Executive Vice President

  For well over the past decade, Mr. Caligiuri has worked alongside General Counsels, Directors, Chief Financial Officers and other C-suite executives of large multi-national conglomerates. The vast majority of these companies are part of the Fortune 500. Mr. Caligiuri has fostered long-standing working relationships built on trust and communication while never losing focus on the client's expectations and needs. On behalf of his clients, he has been successful in implementing financial models and matrixes to evaluate and analyze financial risk, value, influences of intangibles and time value of money. Mr. Caligiuri continues to aid his client’s in monetizing distressed assets, reallocating debt structure and identifying opportunities to recapture significant capital loss from anti-trust violations, otherwise over-looked.  For his clients, these methods have converted lost or stagnant capital into recognizable gains. Mr. Caligiuri has a BA in Business Management with a focus in International Operations, from the Lubin School of Business at Pace University in Westchester, New York. He is an Angel Sponsor to the SPCA of Westchester and has a passion for mixed martial arts and all sports in general.
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  Joe Tantillo

  Senior Account Executive

  Prior to joining KRS, Mr. Tantillo was a serial entrepreneur. He has owned and operated several restaurants, beginning in 1993 when he opened A NO I Pizza, which he ran successfully until 2010 when he sold it. At that point Mr. Tantillo focused on purchasing underperforming establishments, turning them around so that they were profitable, and then selling them. It was during this time that he met David Fair and became very interested in the class action settlement field. Mr. Tantillo joined KRS full time at the beginning of 2016. His many contacts made during the years of running businesses, as well as the understanding for what it takes to operate a successful operation, has led to him being very successful in his transition into the world of class action settlements.   He has a BA degree in Finance from Iona College, and spent two summers interning at the NY Stock Exchange, before deciding to go into business for himself.
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  Craig Vellon

  SVP Business Development

  Craig is a native of Long Island, NY, but currently resides in Westchester County, NY and has since 1990. He holds a B.S. in Industrial Management from Georgia Tech as well as an MBA. Craig Vellon, SVP Business Development, is a seasoned class action recovery veteran, having been in the industry since 2005. Craig has worked on dozens of settlements over that time and has secured numerous six and a number of seven figure recoveries on behalf of his clients over that time. Craig’s client roster is a virtual who’s who among Fortune 1000 companies.  Due to confidentiality agreements, the names of these well-known companies will not be mentioned. Craig has been a sales professional his entire career.  Before joining the class action recovery industry, Craig held sales and sales management positions with Otis Elevator Company, Miles Pharmaceuticals, March of Dimes and Active International.