Bio

John Gorman has been actively involved in representing financial institutions and their holding companies for more than 30 years. His practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, public and private offerings of securities, general compliance with the federal securities laws, particularly SEC reporting requirements and annual meeting and proxy-related issues, executive compensation and general bank regulatory matters. Mr. Gorman also counsels boards of directors and public companies on corporate governance practices, compliance with the listing standards of the national stock exchanges, and state fiduciary duty law. He is a faculty member of the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD), and served as a Commissioner on the 2016 Blue Ribbon Commission on Building the Strategic-Asset Board and the 2006 NACD Blue Ribbon Commission on Board Leadership. Mr. Gorman is a frequent speaker on financial institution issues and has authored numerous articles on board governance and other matters affecting financial institutions. Mr. Gorman is recognized as one of the nation’s leading bank mergers and acquisitions attorneys. He has overseen and/or been involved in more than 75 mergers and acquisitions involving financial institutions during the past decade, and has been named one of Washington, D.C.’s Top Rated Lawyers in Banking and Finance. Following law school, Mr. Gorman entered private practice in New York City, where he was engaged primarily in corporate and securities law matters. In 1981, he joined the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, where he served for four years in the Division of Corporation Finance, including two years as special counsel to the Chief Counsel.