Shannon Taylor

Shannon Taylor, a native of Charlottesville, Virginia, graduated from the University of Virginia in 1989. Her first job after college was as a paralegal at the Richmond-based firm of Hunton & Williams (now Hunton Andrews Kurth), which inspired her to pursue a career in law.

Shannon received her law degree in 1995 from the University of Richmond Law School and began her career as a prosecutor in the Commonwealth’s Attorney Office for the City of Richmond. Based on her skillful and successful prosecutions, she was named as a Special Assistant in the US Attorney’s office first in 1999 and then again in 2002-2004.