Amy Taylor has tried cases of all types including construction, commercial, energy, mass and toxic tort litigation, product liability, personal injury trial law, and real estate litigation as well as consulted in the area of cyber security regarding breach, theft, and prevention.
Amy is a Director in the firm’s Houston office. She is a seasoned trial lawyer with more than 34 years of experience. She is also a trained mediator and arbitrator. She practices in the Litigation Practice Area. As one of the founders of the firm’s Data Protection Practice, her practice includes cyber security and risk consultation. She has also tried real estate cases, product and premises liability cases, construction claims, mass tort and toxic tort personal injury claims such as silicone medical implants, asbestos, silica and mold exposure cases, business torts and contract disputes. She has tried virtually every type of civil case and worked on both sides of the docket throughout her career. She has extensive experience defending large corporations against mass toxic tort claims and managing those dockets across multiple venues. For more than 12 years, she served as Statewide Trial Counsel for a major Fortune 500 international corporation. In this role, Amy successfully managed the company’s mass toxic tort litigation for silicone medical implant devices, asbestos and silicosis claims resulting in complete dismissal and adjudication of all cases in Texas. She has also handled mass tort pharmaceutical cases as well as other mass tort cases, such as those claiming chemical and toxic exposure.
Amy has an established reputation with the bar, judiciary, and clients for honesty, integrity and trial ability. 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 28 years. She is a former President of the Houston Bar Association, former President of the ABA-affiliated Metropolitan Bar Caucus and was formerly an Executive Council Member for the National Conference of Bar Presidents. She is currently a delegate to the American Bar Association.
Publications
- Author, Article II Litigation, University of Houston Law Foundation (Various years)
- Author: Cyber Risk – What’s a Business to Do, Texas Lawbook
- Author, Preparing Expert Witnesses to Write Expert Reports and Give Deposition and Trial Testimony, The University of Texas School of Law
- Author and Presenter, Trends in Cyber-Security Law, National Board of Trial Advocacy
- Author, The Court’s Charge, University of Houston Law Foundation (Various years). Author, Mass Tort Litigation, University of Houston Law Foundation
- Contributing author to Cybersaurus Lex, a Cyber Security Law blog – part of the KRCL blog network
- Presenter, Mass Tort Litigation Management & Ethics, South Texas Law Review
- Speaker, Arbitration Killers, Savers: Making Arbitration Work in Employment Law, Employment Section of the State Bar of Texas, South Texas College of Law
- Speaker and Author: Subrogation and Cyber Security in the 21st Century, National Association of Subrogation Professionals, November 2014
- Speaker and Author: Cyber Security Trends in the Energy Sector, August 2011
- Speaker and Author: Cyber Liability and Data Theft, April 2014
Associations
- American Bar Foundation, Fellow (2001-Present)
- American Bar Foundation, Co-Chair of Texas Fellows (2012-Present)
- Executive Council Member, National Conference of Bar Presidents (2006-2009)
- Houston Bar Association, Director and Officer (1990-2002); President (2000-2001)
- Member, American Bar Association
- Member, House of Delegates, American Bar Association
- Member, Litigation Section (1982-Present)
- Member, National Conference of Bar Presidents (2000-Present)
- Member, Technology Section (2011-Present)
- Metropolitan Bar Caucus, Board of Directors (2000-Present); President (2005-2006)
- Order of the Barristers
- State Bar of Texas, Director (2001-2004)
- Texas Bar Foundation, Sustaining Life Fellow; Board of Trustees (2004-2007)
Community
- City of Houston Ethics Commission (2010-Present)
- Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo, Member (1994-Present)
- Justice Austin McCloud Appellate Court Museum, Board Member
- Lamar High School, Alumni Association Board Member; Chair of 70th Anniversary Celebration.
- Leadership Houston, Member and Graduate, Class 11
- Palmer Memorial Episcopal Church, Member
- Rice University, Friends of Fondren, Director (2004-2011, 2013-Present); President (2009-2010); Director (2011-Present)
- South Texas College of Law, Adjunct Faculty (1986-Present)
- South Texas College of Law, Board of Trustees (2013- present)
- Speakers Committee, Member (1994-2005); Vice Chair (2002-2007)
