John C Taylor

Biographical Information

Listed in Woodward & White's, "The Best Lawyers in America." Verdictum Juris Trial Lawyer of the Year, 1992.

John C. Taylor has a vast background of jury trial experience in diverse fields. His courtroom success has resulted in multi-million dollar verdicts in complex actions involving: aviation insurance law (Santesson v. Beech Aircraft - $57.5 million), negligent entrustment of an automobile (Mallabo - $18.6 million), negligence (Pascua/White v. Industrial Asphalt - $14.4 million), civil rights (Galal v. City of Long Beach - $6.75 million) and police pursuits (Murillo v. United States of America (Border Patrol) - $3.3 million).

John's areas of expertise include serious personal injury, wrongful death, complex business disputes, corporate fraud, insurance bad faith, products liability, faulty road design, and general negligence.

John is a trial lawyer's trial lawyer. He has been practicing law in Los Angeles for over thirty years and is a well-known figure in Southern California legal circles. In 1988, John received the Trial Lawyer of the Year Award from the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (CAALA). In 1992, he was again honored when the legal publication Verdictum Juris named him the Trial Lawyer of the Year.

In 2007 and again in 2008 John was selected as one of the "Top 100 Lawyers" in Southern California by Los Angeles magazine's Super Lawyers publication.

For more than a decade, John has been named in the prestigious Woodward & White's publication The Best Lawyers in America. He holds the rank of "Diplomate" in the American Board of Trial Lawyers (ABOTA). He has testified at trial as an expert on legal ethics, legal malpractice, and insurance bad faith.

Since 1985, John has served on the Board of Governors of CAALA. He became an Emeritus board member in 1997. From 1996 to 1999, he served as a member of the Board of Governors of Public Counsel, one of the largest public interest practices in the nation.

John has continued his participation and contribution to consumer rights as a sustaining member of CAALA, the American Association for Justice (AAJ), and Trial Lawyers for Public Justice (TLPJ).

As a frequent speaker and contributor to seminars, John persists in efforts to advance the reputation of the legal community and the rights of injured consumers. He has spoken on ethics at Loyola University School of Law and on Trial Advocacy at Whittier School of Law. His views have had a forum both locally and nationally as a speaker to such groups as CAALA, the Consumer Attorneys of California (CAOC), the American Bar Association's Products Liability Division, ABOTA Inns of Court, and the Nevada and Orange County Trial Lawyer Associations.

John is a graduate of Ohio University and McGeorge School of Law at the University of the Pacific. He began his legal career clerking and trying cases for the Sacramento County Public Defenders' Office. He then worked as an insurance defense lawyer, becoming the youngest partner ever at his firm.

John left defense work for a solo practice representing injured individuals in major personal injury lawsuits. After several incredibly successful years as a solo practitioner, he became a founding partner in Greene, Broillet, Taylor & Wheeler. During his twelve-year tenure at the Greene firm, John tried and won a variety of complex and sophisticated matters as the firm became a nationally-recognized leader in plaintiffs' personal injury law. In 2002, John decided to start his own law firm and partnered with David Ring to create Taylor & Ring, where he continues his successful trial practice.

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