Taylor & Ring’s John Taylor and Dave Ring Named to the Daily Journal’s Top 100 Lawyers
Congratulations to partners John Taylor and Dave Ring for making the Daily Journal’s list of Top 100 Lawyers for 2025! You can read more about this exciting honor .
The Daily Journal’s list recognizes 100 standout attorneys across the state based on their legal accomplishments, professional reputation, and impact on the legal community. Taylor & Ring is proud of both John and Dave for this achievement.
About John Taylor
John C. Taylor is one of the most respected trial lawyers in California and across the country. Throughout his career, he’s taken more than 135 cases to verdict, covering a wide range of serious issues like police shootings, civil rights violations, sexual abuse, personal injury, wrongful death, defective products, bad faith insurance claims, and employment disputes.
John has been named “Trial Lawyer of the Year” by both the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles and Verdictum Juris. The LA Daily Journal has listed him among the Top Plaintiff Attorneys in California, and he’s been voted a “Super Lawyer” every year since 2004, often landing in the Top 100 and even the Top 10.
He’s also been selected many times for Lawdragon’s list of the 500 Leading Lawyers in America, and in 2022, he was added to their prestigious Lawdragon Legends list.
John is part of two of the top legal organizations in the country. He’s a Diplomate in the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) and a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers; both are exclusive, invite-only groups for trial attorneys.
About Dave Ring
Dave Ring is a trial lawyer who fights for people who’ve been seriously hurt, especially survivors of sexual abuse and assault. For over 30 years, he’s helped both children and adults get justice in cases against schools, churches, youth organizations, and other institutions that failed to protect them.
Dave is known across the country as one of the top advocates for victims, and he’s handled many high-profile, record-setting cases. He also takes on major personal injury cases involving wrongful death, car and motorcycle crashes, unsafe property conditions, defective products, and civil rights violations.
Dave has earned many awards for his work in the courtroom. He was named “Personal Injury Lawyer of the Year” by California Lawyer magazine, and the Daily Journal listed him among the Top 30 Plaintiff Lawyers and Top 100 Lawyers in California. Lawdragon regularly names him one of the Top 500 Lawyers in the U.S., and the Los Angeles Business Journal featured him as a Leader of Influence in litigation and trial law.
He’s also active in some of the most respected legal organizations, including the American College of Trial Lawyers and the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA). Dave is a longtime member of CAALA and CAOC, two of California’s top plaintiff attorney groups. In 2016, he served as President of CAALA, the largest group of plaintiff lawyers in the country with over 3,000 members.
Once again, please join the entire team at Taylor & Ring in congratulating John and Dave for this notable achievement! And, to schedule a consultation with one of our award-winning lawyers, just call our offices or fill out our contact form.
David Ring is a nationally renowned plaintiff’s personal injury trial attorney and has obtained multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements on behalf of seriously-injured individuals or families who have lost a loved one in a tragic accident. For more than 20 years, he has represented victims of sexual abuse, sexual harassment, assault, molestation and sexual misconduct in cases against a variety of employers and entities, including schools, churches and youth organizations.
He prides himself on providing aggressive, yet compassionate representation for children who have been sexually abused and women who have been sexually harassed or assaulted. Read more about David M. Ring.