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Brian P. Brooks (born 1969) is an American lawyer, banker, entrepreneur, technologist, and former government official. He served as Acting Comptroller of the Currency from May 29, 2020, succeeding the 31st Comptroller of the Currency Joseph Otting, until January 14, 2021. Brooks was nominated twice by President Donald Trump for a five-year term as Comptroller of the Currency, once during the 116th Congress, and once in the 117th Congress.

Brooks grew up in Pueblo, Colorado. He holds a bachelor's degree from Harvard University in government and a J.D. degree from the University of Chicago Law School.

Brooks's career includes working as Managing Partner of the Washington, D.C. office of the global law firm O’Melveny & Myers, where he led an office of more than 150 attorneys, represented major financial services companies in a variety of litigation and enforcement matters, and played a lead role in crafting the banking industry's response to the 2010–2011 foreclosure crisis. Brooks also chaired the firm's Financial Services Practice Group and was an elected member of the firm's 12-partner board of directors known as the Policy Committee.