John
Podvin
John is a partner at Otteson Shapiro LLP in Dallas, Texas. John has more than 30 years of regulatory agency, law firm and corporate experience. He has advised corporate boards, board committees, and management on federal and state banking laws and regulations and has served as primary liaison to federal banking regulators.
Mr. Podvin represented a former Senior Bank Secrecy Act Officer at a bank in a criminal investigation brought by the U.S. Department of Justice in the Southern District of New York and in the concurrent civil investigations brought by the OCC and the Federal Reserve Board as well as in the subsequent civil investigation brought by FinCEN. He has also represented both individuals and banks in investigations brought by the FBI, the U.S. Secret Service, the FDIC Inspector General’s Office, the FDIC, the OCC and the Texas Department of Banking.
During his corporate career with an NYSE-listed parent company to a $16 billion bank, he advised the board and management on compliance with applicable law, with specific emphasis on government relations,fair lending, insider lending, affiliate transactions, legal lending limits, anti-money laundering, privacy and ethics. In addition, he actively participated in the formulation and support of enterprise-wide policies and strategic initiatives. He supervised and coordinated investigations triggered by calls to the ethics hotline required by Sarbanes-Oxley. Finally, he coordinated and acted as primary liaison for all examinations with federal bank regulators.
As a partner with a leading financial services law firm, John assisted financial institutions with regulatory compliance, mergers and acquisitions, enforcement actions and litigation. He also worked closely with financial institutions in developing new products and services, including electronic banking services, Internet services and other forms of information technology.
Email: jpodvin@os.law