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Suzanne Grosso

Director, New York

Suzanne Grosso is a Director at Burford Capital with responsibility for managing legal finance assets within Burford’s US commercial litigation finance portfolio. She focuses on managing legal risk across Burford’s portfolio of complex commercial litigation matters.

Prior to joining Burford, Suzanne was associate general counsel and head of litigation at TIAA, where she managed significant litigation matters for the Fortune 100 financial institution. Earlier in her career, she was a litigator at Debevoise & Plimpton, handling complex domestic and international commercial disputes through trial, appeal and judgment enforcement.

She also served as a judicial clerk for Social Security disability appeals in the US District Court for the District of New Jersey and as a litigation consultant for the Center for Reproductive Rights.

Suzanne earned her BS, summa cum laude, from New York University, where she was valedictorian of her class, and her JD, cum laude, from Harvard Law School. She clerked for Judge John G. Koeltl of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Experience

  • TIAA

    Head of Litigation & Associate General Counsel

  • Debevoise & Plimpton

    Litigation Counsel

  • US District Courts, District of New Jersey

    Judicial Clerk, Social Security Disability Appeals

  • Center for Reproductive Rights

    Litigation Consultant

Education

  • Harvard Law School

    JD, cum laude

  • NYU Stern School of Business

    BS, summa cum laude, valedictorian

Clerkships

  • Law clerk for the Honorable John G. Koeltl of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York