Taylor E. Kosko

Associate

    Taylor is an associate in the Casualty Department at Marshall Dennehey, concentrating her practice in asbestos, mass, and toxic tort matters arising out of exposure to asbestos, silica, and benzine. In addition to her work in asbestos and toxic tort cases, Taylor also assists in the defense of general liability matters.  These include product liability, premises liability, automobile accidents, and dram shop/liquor liability cases. She participates in all phases of litigation throughout Western Pennsylvania including pleadings, discovery, motions practice, and trial preparation.  Prior to joining Marshall Dennehey, Taylor worked for a regional defense firm in Pittsburgh where she similarly practiced the defense of mass toxic tort matters.

    In 2017, Taylor earned her juris doctor from Duquesne University School of Law. While in law school, she served as president of the Health Law Society from 2015-2017. She also studied international law in the nature of human rights, arbitration, and alternative dispute resolution in Belfast and Dublin, Ireland, and worked at a law firm in Frankfurt, Germany after completing her first year of law school.  Taylor held several internships throughout law school, and clerked at a boutique law firm during her final year where she handled plaintiff and defense work under the supervision of practicing attorneys.

    Taylor graduated from Duquesne University in 2014 with a Bachelor of Arts after completing her undergraduate coursework in just three years. During that time, she was a member of the Duquesne University Division I Varsity Women's Lacrosse team.

    Taylor is admitted to practice law in the state of Pennsylvania.

    Published Works

    "Appellate Court Reverses $224 Million Verdict Against Johnson & Johnson", Marshall Dennehey Legal Update for Environmental Law, October 2023

    Admissions
    Pennsylvania
    2017
    Education
    Duquesne University School of Law (J.D., 2017)
    Duquesne University (B.A., 2014)
    Honors & awards
    The Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch©, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
    2024-2025
    Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Rising Star
    2024
    Year joined
    2020