Joanna H. Schorr

• Representing a leading national insurer in a multibillion-dollar long -term care reinsurance dispute.
• Counsel to an international insurer in various coverage litigations.
• Obtained a favorable class settlement for a leading international insurer as part of a team that led a multi-insurer joint defense group in a putative class action alleging violations of Illinois law requiring interest to be paid on late-paid workers’ compensation claims.
• Obtained a favorable individual settlement for a leading national insurer in a putative class action alleging violations of the TCPA arising from calls to numbers on national and state do not call registries.
• Represented a New York real estate developer in a federal action brought by a non-profit organization alleging violation of the Fair Housing Act.
• Won summary judgment, including attorneys’ fees and pre- and post-judgment interest, on behalf of an investment bank on breach of contract claims arising out of an investment banking services agreement and fee dispute.
• Second chair in arbitration hearing before a AAA arbitrator in sexual harassment case and obtained a favorable award for defendant company.
• Second chair in a bench trial and secured a favorable outcome for a client in a payment processing dispute.
• Providing harassment training to companies and their employees in a preventive and corrective capacity.

Joanna Schorr is a commercial litigator with significant experience representing insurers in all manner of direct and class actions. She represents clients in federal and state courts throughout the country, as well as in arbitrations and in pre-litigation disputes.

Joanna has guided clients through disputes involving violation of federal and state laws, insurance and reinsurance coverage, bad faith, breach of contract, employment law, and financial services.

Joanna has been recognized as a Rising Star by Super Lawyers from 2017-2023. She received her law degree from St. John’s University School of Law, cum laude.  While attending law school, Joanna was the articles editor for the St. John’s Law Review.

Bar Admissions

• New York

Education

• St. John’s University (J.D., 2013)
• Brandeis University (B.A., 2010)