Background
Ms. Kornegay joined the CGL Reporter Editorial
Board in 2016, specializing in directors and officers (D&O), professional
liability, fidelity, and surety cases.
She currently serves as special counsel for Miller Nash LLP in Portland,
Oregon. Before this, Ms. Kornegay was a founding partner at Trahan Kornegay
Partners and Brown & Kornegay in Houston. Prior to that, she practiced at
Vinson & Elkins. She assists policyholders with commercial policyholder
claims, representing clients in insurance coverage disputes involving
first-party property damage, business interruption, and commercial general
liability claims. Ms. Kornegay also regularly advises and represents corporate
clients in insurance disputes over D&O and fidelity claims coverage. In
addition, she regularly writes and speaks on insurance coverage topics with a
focus on D&O and securities-claims coverage issues and fidelity claims. She
has been recognized by, among others, Chambers USA for Insurance Coverage in
Texas from 2013 to 2016.
Ms. Kornegay graduated cum laude from the University of Houston Law
Center, where she served as editor in chief of the Houston Law Review.