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Courtney Devon Taylor
Partner Litigation, Arbitration, and Employment
Philadelphia
New York
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Overview
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Experience
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Credentials
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Insights and events
Courtney Devon Taylor has built a reputation for skillfully and strategically navigating high-stakes disputes – while building client trust, helping clients tell their stories, and minimizing negative impact on business and reputation.
Courtney regularly represents financial institutions in commercial litigation and regulatory enforcement matters. She has experience representing foreign- and U.S.-based companies in securities class action defense, shareholder derivative suits, M&A-related litigation, and litigation emanating from other transactions involving contests for corporate control. Courtney also is a member of the firm's Sports, Media & Entertainment team, as she represents various entities within the sports sector.
Courtney has been recognized as a leading commercial litigator by Chambers USA and LawDragon. A lawyer who truly loves practicing law and working with all types of people, she is the lawyer of choice for a growing number of companies
Representative experience
Close corporation shareholder dispute: Successfully defended company and president/shareholder in derivative action alleging claims of breach of fiduciary duty.*
Employment discrimination trial: Successfully defended the School District of Philadelphia against claims of ADA and FMLA violations brought by an employee.*
FINRA trial: Secured full defense verdict for clients against claims of fraud and unsuitability by issuing promissory notes without proper disclosures and misrepresenting assets of owner and company.*
Hedge fund preferred shareholder dispute: Secured victory for preferred shareholder in claims for breach of share purchase agreement centering around the definition of "securities."*
Idea theft dispute: Successfully prosecuted idea theft claim stemming from a creative director’s submission of marketing and community growth strategies to a technology company during its early phase.
Investigated the due diligence and process of the New York State Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE) in approving Gov. Andrew Cuomo's request to author a book during the COVID pandemic.
King's Bench proceeding: Successfully defended District Attorney's Office against petition seeking disqualification for alleged conflict of interest in defending the conviction of Mumia Abu-Jamal.*
Licensing dispute: Successfully represented licensor in dispute alleging improper use of its proprietary information.
Prisoner civil rights trial: Sole counsel and court-appointed attorney representing prisoner in a civil rights litigation.*
Securities litigation: Defended an executive and board member against a securities class action claiming – among other things – the deal undervalued the target company.*
Securities litigation: Defended foreign energy company against securities class action with allegations of improper accounting, misrepresentation, and inflation of earnings.*
*Matter handled prior to joining Hogan Lovells.
Credentials
Education
- J.D., Emory University School of Law, with honors, Kessler-Eidson Trial Techniques Scholar, American Law Institute – American Bar Association Scholarship and Leadership Award, 2008
- B.A., Government, Wesleyan University, 2005
Bar admissions and qualifications
- Pennsylvania
- New York
- New Jersey
Court admissions
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
- U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Memberships
- SIFMA Compliance & Legal Society
- University of Pennsylvania Inn of Court
- The Forum of Executive Women
- Philadelphia Bar Association