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Susan L. Merrill

Executive Vice President, Chief of Enforcement

 

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Susan L. Merrill is Executive Vice President, Chief of Enforcement, at FINRA.

Ms. Merrill has overall responsibility for management of the Enforcement Department and direction of investigations and litigation involving FINRA member firms for violations of federal securities laws and FINRA rules. Ms. Merrill was Chief of Enforcement at the New York Stock Exchange from 2004 to 2007. When NYSE Member Regulation consolidated with NASD to form FINRA in 2007, Ms. Merrill began serving in her current role.

Prior to joining NYSE, Ms. Merrill was a partner at the law firm of Davis Polk & Wardwell. Ms. Merrill joined Davis Polk in 1987 and became a partner in 1994. Prior to joining Davis Polk & Wardwell, Ms. Merrill was a judicial clerk for the Honorable Francis Van Dusen of the United States Court of Appeals of the Third Circuit from 1986 to 1987.

A cum laude graduate of the University of Maryland in 1979, Ms. Merrill received her J.D., summa cum laude, from Brooklyn Law School in 1986, where she was executive articles editor of the Law Review and the recipient of the William Payson Richardson Scholarship.