Susan Steinthal

Susan Steinthal is Chief Legal Officer of Mercury® Financial. She has nearly 20 years of experience providing legal advice and assistance to financial services companies. As Chief Legal Officer, Susan is responsible for managing all legal affairs for Mercury Financial.

Prior to joining Mercury Financial, Susan was an EVP & Deputy General Counsel at Citizens Bank and head of the Client Advisory Services Legal team. There, she covered the Consumer and Commercial Banking lines of business as well as Business Services and Corporate Development. Earlier in her time at Citizens, Susan served as the head of Consumer Legal. Previously, she spent over 11 years at Citigroup, first as a member of the litigation group and eventually becoming the Chief of Staff to the General Counsel and General Counsel for the International Retail Banking business.

Susan started out as an associate at the law firms Richards Spears Kibbe & Orbe and Cravath Swaine & Moore. She earned her J.D. from Columbia University School of Law, where she was a Harlan Fiske Stone scholar, and her A.B. from Princeton University. She currently serves as a member of the SIFMA Compliance & Legal Society and the NYC Bar Association Banking Law Committee.