Attorneys

Ms. Taylor, a director of the Firm, practices in the Litigation Practice Area.  She has tried virtually every type of civil case and has been on both sides of the docket on many different types of cases. She is board certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and nationally by the National Board of Trial Advocacy in civil trial law. She has taught civil trial and pretrial for the last 24 years. She is a former President of the Houston Bar Association, former President of the Metropolitan Bar Caucus and was formerly an Executive Council Member for the National Conference of Bar Presidents.

Construction, commercial, energy, mass tort litigation, product liability, and personal injury trial law.

Recipient of the Outstanding Mentor Award presented by the Houston Young Lawyers Association, May 2008; Presented with the State Bar of Texas Presidential Citation of Merit, 2008; Selected as one of Houston's "Top Lawyers for the People" by H Texas magazine, 2007, 2008 & 2009; named in Texas Super Lawyers® and Texas Monthly magazines as one of the top construction litigation attorneys in Texas selected by Law & Politics, 2005 - 2009; Selected as one of "Houston's Top Lawyers" by H Texas magazine, 2005 - 2009; Distinguished Alumni of South Texas College of Law, 2001; Distinguished Service Award as President, Houston Bar Association, 2000-2001; Citation of Merit, Houston Bar Foundation, 2001; YWCA Outstanding Woman of Achievement in Law and Government, 2000; President's Award for Outstanding Service to the Houston Volunteer Lawyer's Program, 1998; Outstanding Service Award, Houston Lawyer Referral Service, 1996.

American Bar Association (Litigation Section Member; Member, National Conference of Bar Presidents 2000-Present; Executive Council Member, National Conference of Bar Presidents, 2006-2009; Metropolitan Bar Caucus 2000-Present; President, Metropolitan Bar Caucus, 2005-2006); American Bar Foundation, Fellow; Houston Bar Association, Director and Officer (1990-2001), President, 2000-2001; Order of the Barristers; State Bar of Texas, Litigation Section, Director 2001-2004; Texas Bar Foundation, Member, Board of Trustees, 2004-2007; Sustaining Life Fellow; Houston Bar Foundation, Sustaining Life Fellow.

State Courts of Texas; U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas; Board Certified, Civil Trial Law, National Board of Trial Advocacy, 1988; Board Certified, Civil Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 1987; Martindale Hubbell, AV Rated.

Presenter, Mass Tort Litigation Management & Ethics, South Texas Law Review, Spring 2004; Author, Article II Litigation, University of Houston Law Foundation (Various years); Author, The Court's Charge, University of Houston Law Foundation (Various years); Author, Mass Tort Litigation, University of Houston Law Foundation; Author, Preparing Expert Witnesses to Write Expert Reports and Give Deposition and Trial Testimony, The University of Texas School of Law; Speaker, Arbitration Killers, Savers:  Making Arbitration Work in Employment Lawr, Employment Section of the State Bar of Texas, South Texas College of Law.

Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo, Member 1994-Present; Member, Speakers Committee, 1994-2007; Vice Chair of Speakers Committee, 2002-2005; Leadership Houston, Member and Graduate, Class 11; Palmer Memorial Episcopal Church, Member; Rice University, Friends of Fondren, Director, 2004-Present, President 2009-2010; South Texas College of Law, Adjunct Faculty, 1986-Present; Lamar High School, Alumni Association Board Member, Chair of 70th Anniversary Celebration; Justice Austin McCloud Appellate Court Museum, Board Member.

South Texas College of Law (J.D., 1982); Trinity University, cum laude, (B.A., 1978).