John A. Davidovich is the Supervisory Counsel of the Financial Crimes Group in the Litigation Branch of the FDIC. Previously he has been on detail as the Senior Counsel in the Legal Information Technology Unit and counsel in the Commercial Litigation Unit where he was on detail from 1996 to 2000 as a Special Attorney to the Department of Justice, Commercial Litigation Branch of the Civil Division. While at the Department of Justice, he was assigned to the Winstar Litigation and was responsible for defending the United States in several cases in the Court of Federal Claims. He was the lead trial attorney in the Government's successful defense in one of the first Winstar trials. Prior to that Mr. Davidovich worked in the FDIC's Financial Crimes Group and the Professional Liability Section, where his primary responsibility was to investigate and prosecute FDIC claims arising from the improper conduct of former directors, officers, attorneys, appraisers, accountants, securities and commodities brokers and other professionals, as their conduct relates to failed financial institutions.

Before joining the FDIC legal division, Mr. Davidovich was a Trial Attorney in the Fraud Section, Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, where he was responsible for directing the investigation and prosecution of complex fraud cases in the areas of financial institution fraud, securities and fraud against the government. While in the Fraud Section, he worked for the Dallas Bank Task Force and the “Illwind” Task Force in the Eastern District of Virginia that successfully investigated and prosecuted defense procurement fraud arising from bribery of Pentagon officials.

Before joining the Department of Justice, Mr. Davidovich was an Assistant States Attorney in DuPage County, Illinois where he served as Chief of the Special Prosecution Section and Deputy Chief of the Civil Division. As Chief of the Special Prosecutions Section he was responsible for the investigation and prosecution of major felony cases. Mr. Davidovich graduated from Carroll College and DePaul University Law School. He has taught at the U.S. Attorney General’s Advocacy Institute, National College of District Attorneys, the FBI Academy and the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center. He is a member of the Illinois, Northern District of Illinois (Trial Bar), 9th, 7th and 5th Circuit Courts of Appeal and U.S. Court of Federal Claims bars. He has the designation of Certified Anti Money Laundering Specialist.