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(November 29, 2017, Washington, DC) — Steptoe & Johnson LLP is pleased to announce that Wendy Taylor has joined the firm as Chief Marketing & Business Development Officer. Based in the Washington office, Ms. Taylor will oversee the global marketing and business development operations at the firm.
Ms. Taylor brings a wealth of experience in the legal industry, having led the marketing and business development programs at three Am Law 50 firms. Most recently, she was a senior consultant with LawVision, one of the premier consulting firms in the legal industry. Outside of the legal industry, Ms. Taylor served as the director of marketing for Promontory Financial Group, a Washington-based financial services consulting firm.
In her new position, Ms. Taylor will succeed Paul Mickey, Jr., who has decided to leave the firm at the end of the year to spend more time with his wife, who is battling ovarian cancer. Mr. Mickey, a longtime fixture in the Washington legal market, has been a Steptoe partner for a dozen years and has spent almost a decade serving as the firm’s marketing partner and chief marketing officer. He previously served for many years as chair and managing partner of Shaw Pittman (now Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman), and as general counsel at Amtrak. Mr. Mickey plans to remain active in the legal industry with a blend of arbitrating, consulting, and employment law. Steptoe partner Tom Best has been tapped to serve as the firm’s marketing and business development partner, effective January 1.
In welcoming Ms. Taylor to the firm, Steptoe Chair Phil West commented: “Wendy is a well-known and respected leader in the legal marketing community, with a keen intellect and sound judgment. We’re confident she will be able to take the strong foundation we have in place and build on it in creative ways that will expand our business and solidify our key client relationships. We also want to thank Paul for his leadership of the Marketing Department over the years. We greatly appreciate Paul’s many contributions to the firm and wish him and his family the very best.”
Ms. Taylor remarked: “Having worked in the legal industry for nearly 20 years, I have long admired Steptoe as a preeminent DC firm with a reputation for excellence. During the course of my recent discussions with firm leaders, I have been impressed by the firm’s strategic focus on its future and collaborative culture for which it is well known. I am delighted to be taking on this role and following in the footsteps of a man so many of us in the DC legal market have held in high esteem.”
Ms. Taylor is a frequent speaker at legal marketing industry conferences and forums. In 2013, she served as co-chair of the Legal Marketing Association’s annual conference. Ms. Taylor received her B.A. in history from Brown University.
About Steptoe
Steptoe & Johnson LLP is an international law firm widely recognized for vigorous advocacy in complex litigation and arbitration, successful representation of clients before governmental agencies, and creative and practical advice in guiding business transactions. The firm has more than 500 lawyers and other professionals in offices in Beijing, Brussels, Chicago, London, Los Angeles, New York, Phoenix, San Francisco, and Washington. For more information, visit www.steptoe.com.