Shannon Taylor (attorney)
Shannon Taylor | |
|---|---|
| Commonwealth's Attorney for Henrico County | |
| Assumed office January 1, 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Wade Kizer |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 17, 1967 |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Education | University of Virginia (BA) University of Richmond (JD) |
Shannon Leigh Taylor (born November 17, 1967) is an American attorney and prosecutor serving as the Commonwealth's Attorney for Henrico County, Virginia since 2012. She is a graduate of the University of Virginia and the University of Richmond School of Law. In 2011, she announced her campaign for the 2011 Henrico County Commonwealth's Attorney election, winning against Bill Janis and Matthew Geary, and subsequently being reelected in 2015, 2019, and 2023. Taylor ran for the Democratic Party nomination for Attorney General of Virginia in the June 2025 election, but narrowly lost to fellow Democrat Jay Jones.