Thomas James Curry (born January 9, 1957) is an American government official who served as the 30th

Comptroller of the Currency The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is an independent bureau within the United States Department of the Treasury that was established by the National Currency Act of 1863 and serves to corporate charter, charter, bank regulation ...

of the United States from April 9, 2012, until May 5, 2017. Prior to becoming Comptroller of the Currency, Curry served as a Director of the

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(FDIC) and as the chairman of the NeighborWorks America Board of Directors. He was born in

Greenwich, Connecticut Greenwich ( ) is a New England town, town in southwestern Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it had a population of 63,518. It is the largest town on Gold Coast (Connecticut), Connectic ...

and raised in

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. Prior to joining the FDIC's board of directors, Curry served as Commissioner of Banks for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from 1990 to 1991 and from 1995 to 2003. He served as Acting Commissioner from February 1994 to June 1995. Previously, he served as First Deputy Commissioner and Assistant General Counsel within the Massachusetts Division of Banks. He entered state government in 1982 as an attorney with the Massachusetts' Secretary of State's Office. Curry served as the Chairman of the Conference of State Bank Supervisors from 2000 to 2001, and served two terms on the State Liaison Committee of the

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, including a term as Committee chairman. On April 1, 2013, Curry was named chairman of the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) for a two-year term. He is a 1978 graduate of

Manhattan College Manhattan University (previously Manhattan College) is a private, Catholic university in New York City. Originally established in 1853 by the De La Salle Christian Brothers (Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools) as an academy fo ...

, summa cum laude, where he was elected to

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. He received his J.D. degree from the

New England School of Law New England Law Boston (formerly New England School of Law, and styled as New England Law Boston) is a private law school in Boston, Massachusetts. It was founded as Portia School of Law in 1908 and is located in downtown Boston near the Massa ...

. Curry's tenure as Comptroller of the Currency ended on May 5, 2017. He was succeeded by Acting Comptroller of the Currency Keith A. Noreika. Curry is a partner at Boston law firm Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP in the Corporate and Transactions Department. He is a co-leader of the firm's Banking and Financial Services group. In January 2021, he was elected to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston.

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– OCC Biography * {{DEFAULTSORT:Curry, Thomas J. Living people Manhattan College alumni United States comptrollers of the currency New England Law Boston alumni 1957 births Obama administration personnel First Trump administration personnel