Office of Thrift Supervision
John E. Bowman, Deputy Director, Chief Counsel
John E. Bowman joined the OTS in June of 1999 as Deputy Chief Counsel for Business Transactions. On May 30, 2004, he was appointed Chief Counsel. Before joining the OTS, he was a partner with the law firm of Brown & Wood LLP in its Washington, D.C., office, where he specialized in government and corporate finance, securities and financial services regulation.
Before entering private practice, Bowman served for many years as Assistant General Counsel for Banking and Finance at the U.S. Department of the Treasury. While at Treasury, he provided counsel to the Treasury Under Secretary for Domestic Finance, the Assistant Secretaries for Financial Institutions Policy, Financial Markets and Economic Policy, and the Fiscal Assistant Secretary on a broad range of issues from financial services legislation to the financing of the federal debt.
During his government career, Bowman has been the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including the Presidential Rank Award and the Secretary of the Treasury's Distinguished Service Award.
Bowman received his J.D. degree from Pepperdine University School of Law and his B.A. from the University of California.
