Exhibit 24(a)
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of Bank of America Corporation, and the several
undersigned officers and directors thereof whose signatures appear below, hereby makes, constitutes
and appoints Timothy J. Mayopoulos, Alice A. Herald and Teresa M. Brenner, and each of them acting
individually, its, his and her true and lawful attorneys with power to act without any other and
with full power of substitution, to execute, deliver and file in its, his and her name and on its,
his and her behalf, and in each of the undersigned officer’s and director’s capacity or capacities
as shown below, (a) a Registration Statement of Bank of America Corporation on Form S-4 (or other
appropriate form) with respect to the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of
a number of shares of common stock of Bank of America Corporation to be issued in exchange for the
outstanding shares of common stock, on a fully-diluted basis, of Countrywide Financial Corporation
upon consummation of the proposed merger of Countrywide Financial Corporation with and into Red Oak
Merger Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bank of America Corporation, and any and all
documents in support thereof or supplemental thereto and any and all amendments, including any and
all post-effective amendments, to the foregoing (hereinafter called the “Registration Statement”),
and (b) such registration statements, petitions, applications, consents to service of process or
other instruments, any and all documents in support thereof or supplemental thereto, and any and
all amendments or supplements to the foregoing, as may be necessary or advisable to qualify or
register the securities covered by said Registration Statement under such securities laws,
regulations or requirements as may be applicable; and each of Bank of America Corporation and said
officers and directors hereby grants to said attorneys, and to each of them, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever as said attorneys or attorney
may deem necessary or advisable to carry out fully the intent of this power of attorney to the same
extent and with the same effect as Bank of America Corporation might or could do, and as each of
said officers and directors might or could do personally in his or her capacity or capacities as
aforesaid, and each of Bank of America Corporation and said officers and directors hereby ratifies
and confirms all acts and things which said attorneys or attorney might do or cause to be done by
virtue of this power of attorney and its, his or her signature as the same may be signed by said
attorneys or attorney, or any of them, to any or all of the following (and/or any and all
amendments and supplements to any or all thereof): such Registration Statement under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, and all such registration statements, petitions, applications, consents to
service of process and other instruments, and any and all documents in support thereof or
supplemental thereto, under such securities laws, regulations and requirements as may be
applicable.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Bank of America Corporation has caused this power of attorney to be signed
on its behalf, and each of the undersigned officers and directors in the capacity or capacities
noted has hereunto set his or her hand as of the date indicated below.
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BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION |
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/s/ Kenneth D. Lewis
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Kenneth D. Lewis
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Chairman, President and Chief |
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Executive Officer |
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Dated: January 23, 2008