Veteran financial services attorney Hope Mehlman has landed one of the top jobs in her industry—chief legal officer of Discover.

Hope Mehlman, chief legal officer of Discover. (Courtesy photo)

Mehlman comes to the Riverwoods, Illinois-based company from San Francisco-based Bank of the West, where she has been general counsel since 2020. Earlier, she spent 14 years at Birmingham, Alabama-based Regions Bank, where she rose to chief governance officer and deputy general counsel.