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Celebrating Taylor & Ring’s 2025 Best Law Firms Recognition
Taylor & Ring is honored to announce that we made the U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” list for 2025. We earned Metropolitan Tier 1 recognition in Los Angeles for two categories: Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs and Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs. This recognition is a great opportunity for our team to…
Read MoreSeven Taylor & Ring Attorneys Named to LawDragon’s 500 Leading Civil Rights & Plaintiff Lawyers
Taylor & Ring in Los Angeles is proud to announce that seven of our attorneys have been named to LawDragon’s 500 Leading Civil Rights & Plaintiff Employment Lawyers! Congratulations to the team at Taylor & Ring for receiving this honor. About the LawDragon 500 Per LawDragon: This is our 7th edition of this guide, our…
Read MoreCongratulations to Our Attorneys Named to the 2025 Best Lawyers® List!
The 2025 editions of The Best Lawyers in America® and the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America™ are out, and Taylor & Ring is proud to have eight lawyers make these esteemed lists. Please join us as we congratulate our hard-working team! Each year, Best Lawyers compiles a list of leading attorneys in particular regions and practices. Spots on…
Read More$61.7 Million Verdict Featured in Daily Journal Top Verdicts 2023
Taylor & Ring is proud to announce that the $61.7 million verdict for Esphorst vs. Hicks was features in Daily Journal’s Top Verdicts for 2023. Robert Clayton, Senior Partner at Taylor & Ring, represented the family in this case. We invite you to read the writeup here, or to access the story on Daily Journal’s…
Read MoreTaylor & Ring Secures $27M Settlement in Bullying Case Against Moreno Valley USD
On September 13, 2023, Taylor & Ring obtained a $27 million settlement against Moreno Valley Unified School District – the largest school bullying settlement in U.S. history – for the death of Diego Stoltz. The settlement was finalized almost exactly four years after Diego was killed by his bullies at Landmark Middle School. Since then,…
Read MoreFormer Athletic Trainer Charged with Sexually Assaulting 10 Students at Two LAUSD-Affiliated Schools
Richard Alexander Turner, a former athletic trainer at Birmingham Community High School (a charter school operating independently within LAUSD) and Van Nuys High School is facing 15 felony charges for sexually assaulting 10 students. All of the victims who have come forward so far were between 15 and 17 years old when Turner abused and…
Read MoreCongratulations to Our Attorneys Named to the 2023 Best Lawyers® List!
Taylor & Ring is proud to have nine lawyers listed in the 2023 editions of The Best Lawyers in America® and the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America™. This is an exciting achievement for our entire team. Every year, the Best Lawyers list recognizes leading attorneys in particular regions and practices, based on peer reviews. Since it…
Read MoreNatalie Weatherford Has Been Named to Daily Journal’s “Top 40 Under 40” List
Taylor & Ring is proud to announce that partner Natalie Weatherford has been named to the 2022 edition of Daily Journal’s “Top 40 Under 40” list! This annual list highlights up-and-coming attorneys in California. In her profile interview with Daily Journal, Natalie discusses her work as a plaintiff’s attorney in sexual abuse cases. Read…
Read MoreJohn Taylor and Dave Ring Named to 2022 Daily Journal Top Plaintiff Lawyers List!
Taylor & Ring is proud to announce that partners John Taylor and Dave Ring were both named to the 2022 Top Plaintiff Lawyers list, presented by the Daily Journal! We invite you to read their profile and interview pieces here. Taylor & RingServing clients throughout the Greater…
Read MoreTaylor & Ring Partners Selected for 2022 Southern California Super Lawyers List
Taylor & Ring is pleased to announce that three partners from our firm have been recognized by Southern California Super Lawyers for 2022! Every year, Super Lawyers recognizes attorneys across the country, practicing more than 70 types of law, for their accomplishments and achievements. Selection to the annual list is not guaranteed, which means every…
Read MoreTaylor & Ring Named to Best Law Firms for 2022
The team at Taylor & Ring is proud to announce the firm’s selection for inclusion in U.S. News & World Report’s Best Law Firms, 2022 Edition. Our practice was named a Tier 1 firm in Los Angeles for our work in personal injury litigation and product liability litigation for plaintiffs. We’re so honored to be…
Read MoreWhat Are My Rights as a Transgender Employee?
Although federal and state law prohibit workplace discrimination based on things like age, race, ethnicity, gender, and sexual orientation, millions of Americans still experience harassment or loss of employment simply due to who they are. This type of discrimination is illegal for protected classes, and it is crucial as a transgender or non-binary employee that…
Read MoreCongratulations to Our Lawyers for Being Named to the 2022 Best Lawyers List
Taylor & Ring is proud to announce that several of our attorneys have been named to the 2022 list of Best Lawyers in America®! For close to 40 years, Best Lawyers has honored the top lawyers in America. All recognized lawyers are nominated and assessed based entirely on peer review. Best Lawyers methodology is designed to capture, as…
Read MoreUber Settles Sexual Assault Data Case, Slashing Fine from $59M to $150,000
Back in December 2020, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) hit rideshare giant Uber with a $59 million fine over their refusal to provide data on sexual assaults. On July 15, Uber and CPUC announced a settlement where Uber will avoid nearly all of the hefty fine and provide the information to the regulatory authority.…
Read MoreTaylor & Ring Attorneys Named to 2021 Southern California Super Lawyers List
Taylor & Ring is proud to announce that multiple members of our team have been recognized by Southern California Super Lawyers and Rising Stars for 2021. All attorneys have been selected for their work in Personal Injury – General: Plaintiff. Super Lawyers is an objective ratings service which honors attorneys across the country for their…
Read MoreJohn C. Taylor & Dave M. Ring Named to 2021 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America
Taylor & Ring is proud to announce that partners John Taylor and Dave Ring have both been named to the 2021 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America. This year’s list, which also honored the country’s Supreme Court Justices, sought to honor the litigators, judiciary, and advocates who fought the good fight over one of the…
Read MoreOlivia Horton Is the 2020 Recipient of Taylor & Ring’s Annual Victim Advocate Scholarship
After a difficult and challenging year, Taylor & Ring is excited to announce the very deserving winner of the 2020 Taylor & Ring Annual Victim Advocate Scholarship, Olivia Horton! Only in her first year of law school, Olivia has already had a profound effect on her community by taking significant and continuous action to raise…
Read MoreSexual Harassment at Work: What to Do if Your Harasser Is Your Ex
Many companies have a non-fraternization policy among coworkers. Part of the policy is intended to keep employees focused on work. If you’re not wasting company time getting sidetracked with business hour flirtations and long lunches, more gets done and more money gets made. Another reason has to do with romantic relationships between employees that sour…
Read MoreWhen Prison Guards Become the Perpetrators
If you have been sexually assaulted by prison staff or officials, you have a right to pursue both a criminal case to punish your abusers and a civil claim for the damages inflicted on you. The harmful psychological effects of rape can take years to move past, even with proper treatment. How big of a…
Read MoreTaylor & Ring Named to Best Law Firms for 2021
Taylor & Ring is proud to announce that the firm has once again been selected for inclusion in the Best Law Firms list, for the 2021 edition. The firm has also been named Tier 1 in the Los Angeles Metropolitan area for its work in: Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs…
Read MoreThe Case against Danny Masterson
The last few years have forced a reckoning in Hollywood. Harvey Weinstein and Bill Cosby have stood trial, and countless others – Kevin Spacey, Louis C.K., Matt Lauer, etc. – have been exposed for their years of abuse and sexual assault. Danny Masterson’s time may finally be at an end, too. He has been charged…
Read MoreUPDATE: OC Sheriffs Release Video Capturing Fatal Shooting of Kurt Reinhold
About 16 months ago, Kurt Reinhold was shot to death by a deputy from the O.C. Sheriff’s Homeless Outreach Team. On February 2, 2022, the Office of the District Attorney for Orange County issued a 10 page letter explaining why they would not be bringing charges against him. In the letter, the DA states that…
Read MoreCalifornia Law on Peer-on-Peer Sexual Abuse
The common perception about sexual crimes and those who commit them are that they are committed by adult men mostly against women and sometimes against children. However, the perpetrators of sexual abuse are sometimes children committing offenses against other children. Almost 1 in 3 perpetrators of child sex abuse are below the age of 18.…
Read MoreAttorney Neil Gehlawat Speaks with USA TODAY about “Spit Hoods” and Police Misconduct
Combat veteran Gregory Lloyd Edwards died in 2018 after an altercation with corrections officers at the Brevard County Jail, Florida. At the time, the county medical examiner concluded Edwards’ cause of death was something called “excited delirium and complications,” due to a “hyperactive and violent state with subsequent restraint.” His death was ruled an accident.…
Read MoreVatican Issues New Guidance on Investigations of Sexual Abuse Allegations
A recently published Vatican manual on how to handle sexual abuse allegations within the Catholic Church instructs bishops to report all of these allegations to law enforcement, even when there is no legal obligation to do so. The manual directs ecclesiastical authorities to produce a report and provide it to relevant civil authorities if it…
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