Richard C. Stearns

Director for Enforcement and Compliance

Richard C. Stearns is Director for Enforcement and Compliance in the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's (OCC) Law Department.

In this capacity, he is primarily responsible for formulating supervisory and enforcement strategies and conducting enforcement proceedings and related litigation for national banks and institution-affiliated parties of national banks.

Prior to joining the OCC in 2006, Mr. Stearns was Deputy Chief Counsel for Enforcement at the Office of Thrift Supervision, and previously served as an Assistant Director in the Civil Division of the U.S. Department of Justice.

He received a juris doctor degree from the University of Virginia School of Law and a bachelor's degree in political science (with honors, Phi Beta Kappa) from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

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