Andrew J. Olmem

Biography

Andrew Olmem is the Managing Partner of the Washington, DC office of Mayer Brown. As the co-head of its Financial Services Product Team. His practice focuses on complex financial services regulatory matters. Andrew previously served as the Deputy Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, and Deputy Director of the White House National Economic Council (NEC), where he oversaw the development and coordination of the administration’s domestic economic policies, including for financial services. He played a key role in the passage of the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act, which improved the tailoring of regulation for community and regional banks, and the CARES Act. Earlier, Andrew served as the Republican Chief Counsel and Deputy Staff Director for the US Senate Banking Committee. He served on the committee staff during its consideration of the legislative response to the 2008 financial crisis and was a lead negotiator for the Dodd-Frank Act.  Prior to law school, he started his career as an assistant economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond.

Olmem earned a BA and a JD from Washington and Lee University.