For more than 15 years, Taylor Young has been helping clients seek a second chance when a significant error has been made in the trial court. Taylor is also there for clients who need to protect hard-won trial court results–defending judgments in appellate proceedings. With his experience in handling novel and complex legal issues before the higher courts, Taylor also is frequently called upon by clients and other lawyers to handle special projects and select cases at the trial court level.
Taylor draws upon a multi-faceted professional and educational background. Originally educated as a conceptual video artist, he has served as an audio engineer for a major sports arena, managed a corporate political advocacy program in the telecommunications industry, and taught law at a private college for technologists. An academic stand out at law school, upon graduation, Taylor was privileged to serve as a law clerk to Thomas A. Zlaket, Chief Justice of the Arizona Supreme Court (ret.). His experience at the Arizona Supreme Court reinforced the critical need for cogent, thorough, and powerful written legal analysis when seeking to persuade appellate court judges.
When not preparing briefs and arguments for court, Taylor can be found teaching legal, business, and non-profit groups on topics such as legal process, writing skills, and political advocacy. For example, each summer, he takes time off to put a class of executive MBA students through a multi-day legislative simulation he created and designed for the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University. Taylor believes lessons learned in these extra-curricular pursuits improve his ability to devise and execute effective legal strategy for his clients.
Civil Appeals
Family Law and Divorce Appeals
Business and Real Estate Disputes
Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith
Professional Liability
Arizona Super Lawyers®
AV Preeminent® Rating, Martindale-Hubbell
AVVO, 10.0 Top Attorney
Arizona's Finest Lawyers
Arizona
Supreme Court of the United States
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
U.S. District for the District of Arizona
U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit
J.D., 2000, Sanda Day O'Connor College of Law at ASU
B.F.A., 1993, The Maryland Institute College of Art
"Hiding in Plain Sight: What Memoranda Decisions Teach Us About Family Law In Arizona" (Parts 1 - 3), State Bar of Arizona, Family Law Section Newsletter (January 2011, May 2011, January 2012)
"The Medical Duty of Care: Supreme Court Expands Relationship", Arizona Attorney (February 2005)
"California Disclosure Law Reaches Out to Touch Arizona", The Business Journal, Phoenix (June 9, 2003)
"International Strategy for Cyberspace Security", American Bar Association (2003), Contributor
"Senate Bill Could Put Deep Freeze on Tech Innovation", The Business Journal, Phoenix (May 6, 2002)
"Turning Back the Clock on the Millennium Bug: Trigger of Coverage for “Year 2000” Claims", 31 Ariz. St. L. J. 259 (1999)
"The Walsh Decision and the Value of Personal Goodwill", CLE Presentation, Ritz-Carlton, Phoenix, Arizona (October 26, 2012)
"Patterns of Nonprecedent: What Memoranda Decisions Teach Us About Success at Trial and on Appeal", CLE Presentation, State Bar of Arizona, Young Lawyers Division (February 18, 2011)
"Subterranean Law: Memorandum Decisions in Family Law", CLE Presentation, Family Law Institute (January 21, 2011)
"The Evolution of Law & Technology", CLE Presentation, Arizona State Bar Convention, Phoenix, Arizona (June 25, 2009)
"The Arizona Legislative Experience: A Multi-Day Legislative Simulation at the Arizona State Capitol", W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University (2007-present)
"The Education Experience: A Simulation, Valley Leadership, Leadership Institute", University of Advancing Technology, Tempe, Arizona (November 1, 2009)
"The Art of Advocacy, Presentation/Workshop", Valley Leadership, Leadership Institute, Phoenix, Arizona (May 2, 2008)
United States v. JP Morgan Chase Bank Account No. Ending 8215, No. 14-16070, 2016 WL 4547359 (9th Cir. 2016)
Microchip Tech. Inc. v. State, 230 Ariz. 303, 304, 283 P.3d 34, 35 (Ct. App. 2012)
SWC Baseline & Crismon Investors, L.L.C. v. Augusta Ranch Ltd. P’ship, 228 Ariz. 271, 265 P.3d 1070 (Ct. App. 2011)
Governale v. Lieberman, 226 Ariz. 443, 250 P.3d 220 (Ct. App. 2011)
Leflet v. Redwood Fire & Cas. Ins. Co., 247 P. 3d 180, 226 Ariz. 297 (Ct. App. 2011)
Tarron v. Bowen, 225 Ariz. 147, 235 P. 3d 1030 (2010)
Clark v. Campbell, 219 Ariz. 66, 193 P.3d 320 (Ct. App. 2008)
Phelps v. Firebird Raceway, 210 Ariz. 403, 111 P.3d 1003 (2005)
Long v. Napolitano, 203 Ariz. 247, 53 P.3d 172 (Ct. App. 2002)
