John Holahan

John Holahan is Managing Partner of Dentons US and a partner in the firm's Capital Markets practice, based in the Washington, DC office, practicing in Compliance Law. He co-leads the Consumer Finance Regulatory team and has more than two decades of experience advising financial institutions, capital markets participants, and fintech companies on consumer financial law and regulatory compliance across the United States.

He represents clients before the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, federal banking agencies, and banking regulators in all 50 states in investigations, enforcement actions, examinations, licensing matters, and other supervisory proceedings. His practice focuses on banking and consumer credit markets, structured finance, mortgage finance, and state licensing and compliance. He also advises fintech companies on the application of US financial services regulation to emerging products and technologies, including blockchain, digital assets, and online lending platforms.

John holds a J.D., magna cum laude, from Georgetown University Law Center (2005), where he was elected to the Order of the Coif, and a B.S. in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business (2001). While at Wharton, he was a wide receiver on Penn's NCAA Division I football team, winning two Ivy League Football Championships.

He has been ranked by Chambers USA for Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Compliance) since 2020 and recognized by The Legal 500 for Financial Services Regulation and FinTech. He has maintained the industry's leading legal rankings for well over a decade.