Areas of Practice: General Litigation

We have extensive experience in representing many types of businesses, governmental entities, and individuals, including hotels, shopping centers, insurance carriers, trucking companies, manufacturers, construction contractors, doctors, lawyers, accountants, architects, engineers, municipalities, charitable organizations, real estate management firms, and restaurants. Our litigation group has considerable experience in evaluating cases and defending its clients in a wide range of civil litigation issues.

Products Liability

Taylor & Walker’s product liability group has an extensive history of handling product liability litigation including property damage, personal injury and wrongful death litigation. The product liability practice group advises clients with respect to nationwide and statewide class actions, litigation arising out of product recalls, multi-district litigation, prevention of future product liability claims and general product liability litigation.

Professional Malpractice

Taylor & Walker has a long history of providing effective legal representation for professionals. It is clear that today’s business environment involves increasing regulatory scrutiny, including the anticipated passage of substantial legislation directly affecting professionals, as well as litigation against lawyers, accountants and other professionals. Along with these developments professionals are required to make more independent decisions and utilize a greater degree of judgment.

Automobile Liability

Taylor and Walker’s experienced Automobile Liability practice can assist you in all automobile related matters. Whether it is an accident or the purchase of a dysfunctional product, Taylor and Walker will advise the client on the appropriate action.

Employment Litigation

Taylor & Walker, P.C., employment litigators advocate our clients’ rights at the administrative agency, trial courts and appellate levels in state and district courts. We also represent clients in alternative methods for resolution of dispute outside the courtroom, through negotiation, arbitration and mediation.

Our diverse firm enables us to tailor the staffing of litigation to the size and specialized elements of each case. The employment litigation practice area gives us the resources to commit an aggressive team when needed for complex cases and emergencies. Systems are in place for early evaluation of cases, case management planning, and budgeting to allow us to conduct litigation in a manner focusing on obtaining our client’s goals.

Toxic Tort Litigation

Taylor & Walker, P.C., has defended toxic tort related personal injury, worker’s compensation and property damage litigation since 1974. Our firm is aware of the importance of this litigation and the defenses our clients require to avoid adverse rulings. Through research, experience and complete automation, our firm aggressively represents defendants in toxic tort litigation.

Insurance Coverage

At Taylor & Walker, P.C., we are advisers as well as trial lawyers. We recognize that the resolution of individual disputes can influence many others and that the manner in which a dispute is approached can be as significant as the resolution itself. We honor the importance of maintaining business relationships with policyholders. We also know when litigation is not the best approach for our clients and are skilled at as commending alternative solutions. The insurance group frequently employs various forms of alternative dispute resolutions, including arbitration mediation, and conciliation, in order to resolve coverage disputes successfully.

Premises Liability

Taylor & Walker, P.C., handles all types of liability defense arising from the ownership, occupancy management or construction of any type of property, whether it be public or private, commercial or residential, industrial or agricultural.

Medical Malpractice

Taylor & Walker, P.C. provides aggressive representation of hospitals, physicians and other health care providers. The practice Medical Malpractice area provides concise medical and legal research by an accomplished group of lawyers and paralegals. Taylor & Walker’s goal in each case is resolution - through trial, motion practice or settlement - that is the best interest for our client.

Construction Litigation

Taylor & Walker’s construction practice area combines experience and sophistication in construction litigation and counseling. With a knowledge of the local, state and federal government regulations our practice can handle all aspects of public and private construction litigation and contracting.

Maritime Litigation

Taylor & Walker’s maritime practice group has proven its ability to help clients negotiate their diverse contracts and disputes. The group advises companies regarding charter parties, ship mortgages and liens, billing and lading, vessel seizures, contracts for the sale and purchase of vessels, vessel limitation of liability lawsuits, marine pollution and maritime arbitration.

Transportation Litigation

Taylor & Walker’s transportation practice focuses primarily on a variety of matters pertaining to federal governance of regulated industries, including transportation and energy regulations.

Our wealth of knowledge enables us to handle high exposure transportation cases. Transportation is a specialized industry, issues facing the industry, and thus the firm’s representation cover a large area.