Hogan Lovells adds leading corporate litigator Courtney Devon Taylor

Global law firm Hogan Lovells announced that Courtney Devon Taylor has joined the firm as a partner in the Litigation, Arbitration, and Employment practice in Philadelphia and New York. Taylor joins the firm from Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis, where she was vice-chair of the firm’s Securities Litigation Practice Group.

Licensed to practice in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, Taylor represents global and U.S. based clients in commercial litigation and regulatory enforcement matters. Her experience includes securities class action defense, shareholder derivative suits, M&A related litigation, and litigation emanating from other transactions involving contests for corporate control. She has tried a variety of cases to verdict. She has represented broker-dealers in significant disputes, including a rare and successful FINRA Enforcement Hearing.

Taylor’s clients operate in industries that include financial services, insurance, technology and sports. She joins the firm’s Financial Institutions and Insurance Sector, and the Sports, Media & Entertainment team.

Taylor earned her J.D., with honors, from Emory University School of Law, and a B.A. in Government from Wesleyan University.