Outside the litigation setting Courtney counsels clients on insurance coverage and corporate indemnification. She works with clients to manuscript insurance policies and performs insurance policy audits. She also performs corporate due diligence on insurance and litigation matters, and advises on transactional risk protection, including representations and warranty insurance.

Courtney has served in a number of Firm leadership positions, including as a member of Reed Smith’s Executive Committee, the Firm’s global governing board. There she was a member of the firm’s Finance Committee and its Talent Committee. Courtney also has served as the Vice Chair of the Insurance Recovery Group and as the Hiring Partner of the Pittsburgh Office. She was honored by the Pittsburgh Business Times as a 2020 Woman of Influence.

Courtney is also active in her community, and was Chair of the Pittsburgh Public Theater for four seasons. She currently is a Member of the Pittsburgh Public Theater’s Executive Committee and a Trustee for the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust.

Courtney frequently speaks on insurance coverage publicly and for in-house corporate legal departments. She designed the Reed Smith University continuing legal education courses on insurance coverage topics and mentors many individuals both within and outside Reed Smith.