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10 Truist legal leaders
These ten Truist legal leaders hold associate and senior associate general counsel roles or head legal operations at Truist, with work covering enterprise AI, data and privacy, retail deposits and payments, derivatives, intellectual property and corporate secretary work. A reader can learn how legal leaders work at Truist from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
01—10Andy McRee
LinkedInExperience: Associate General Counsel and Senior Vice President · Truist
Associate General Counsel and Senior Vice President at Truist since January 2021, a role the profile tags in the Legal department at senior level. Andy McRee earlier was Senior Counsel and First Vice President at SunTrust (2015–2018) and an associate at Taft | Morris Manning (2012–2015) and Jones Day (2010–2012).
Brett Shockley
LinkedInExperience: Associate General Counsel · Truist
Associate General Counsel at Truist since September 2025, tagged in the Legal department. Brett Shockley previously was Director; Head of Litigation at Sunlight Financial (2022–2025) and Assistant General Counsel; Senior Vice President at Bank of America (2014–2022), and earlier an associate at McGuireWoods LLP (2010–2014).
Curt Phillips
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President, Senior Associate General Counsel and Assistant Corporate Secretary · Truist
Senior Vice President, Senior Associate General Counsel and Assistant Corporate Secretary at Truist since December 2021, after serving as Senior Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Assistant Corporate Secretary at Truist (2019–2021). Curt Phillips earlier held assistant and associate general counsel roles at SunTrust from 2005 to 2019.
Douglas Cahanin
LinkedInExperience: Senior Associate General Counsel · Truist
Senior Associate General Counsel at Truist since August 2025; a highlight lists legal advice and support for equity derivatives, fixed income derivatives, rates and FX, and repo. Douglas Cahanin previously was Assistant General Counsel (2023–2025), Senior Counsel (2022–2023) and Counsel (2017–2022) at Wells Fargo.
Gloria Fazzolari
LinkedInExperience: Associate General Counsel and Senior Vice President · Truist
Associate General Counsel and Senior Vice President at Truist since September 2025, tagged in the Legal department. Gloria Fazzolari previously was Assistant General Counsel at Wells Fargo (2011–2025); the profile also lists Senior Counsel at GE Capital (2011–2016), an associate role at Greenberg Traurig, LLP (2009–2011) and Attorney at Textron Financial (2004–2008).
Grant Schonour
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President, Associate General Counsel · Truist
Senior Vice President, Associate General Counsel at Truist since January 2021, after serving as Vice President, Assistant General Counsel there (2019–2021). Grant Schonour earlier was Vice President, Assistant General Counsel at BB&T (2015–2019) and Vice President, Associate Counsel at Susquehanna Bank (2012–2015).
Megha Shah Billings
LinkedInExperience: Associate General Counsel, Senior Vice President · Truist
Associate General Counsel, Senior Vice President at Truist since July 2025; a highlight says the role supports retail bank deposits and payments. Megha Shah Billings previously was Director, Assistant General Counsel at Marqeta (2024–2025) and Executive Director, Assistant General Counsel at Wells Fargo (2019–2024), and earlier an attorney at Nixon Peabody LLP.
Michael A. Springs, J.D., M.B.A.
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Associate General Counsel, SVP & Chief IP Counsel · Truist
Sr. Associate General Counsel, SVP & Chief IP Counsel at Truist since July 2022, after serving as Associate General Counsel 2, SVP & Chief IP Counsel there (2021–2022). The profile also lists Associate General Counsel, SVP & Chief Patent Counsel at Bank of America (2000–2021) and Adjunct Professor of Law at North Carolina Central University School of Law (2012–2020).
Parag Mehta, JD, MBA
LinkedInExperience: Associate General Counsel · Truist
Associate General Counsel at Truist since November 2022, alongside an SVP, Assistant General Counsel title there (2022–2025); a highlight says Parag Mehta leads legal support for enterprise AI, data and privacy matters, advising executive management and partners across Technology, Risk, Compliance and Procurement. Parag Mehta previously was Legal Counsel, Technology & Procurement at ICE (2018–2021).
TJ Hooper
LinkedInExperience: Head of Legal Operations · Truist
Head of Legal Operations at Truist since May 2023, tagged in the Legal department at head level, with a headline title of Associate General Counsel at Truist Bank. TJ Hooper previously was Assistant General Counsel, Senior Vice-President (2018–2023) and Managing Counsel, Senior Vice-President (2012–2018) at Wells Fargo.
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Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does a bank legal team advise on enterprise AI and data use while privacy rules keep changing?
- 02How do you split legal coverage between retail banking products and capital markets work like derivatives?
- 03What does a legal operations head change about how a bank legal department runs?
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