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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…

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…

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…

John Taylor and Dave Ring have been named to the Los Angeles Business Journal’s Leaders of Influence List: Litigators & Trial Lawyers. LABJ’s prestigious list is designed to honor trial lawyers “who go to the proverbial mat to fight for their clients before judges and jury have their own unique sets of skills,” and recognizes…

Taylor & Ring is proud to announce that partners John Taylor and Dave Ring have once again been named to Daily Journal’s list of Top Plaintiffs’ Lawyers. Only 38 attorneys in total were named to this prestigious list. We invite you to read their profiles here.             John C. TaylorJohn C. Taylor is one of…

Taylor & Ring has filed lawsuits against the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) on behalf of the victims of Louis Moreno, alleging that they were sexually abused by Moreno – and LAUSD did nothing. The lawsuits allege that LAUSD ignored calls from parents, and even that the District tried to remove children form the…

A former student at Hamilton High School has filed a lawsuit against the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) claiming that teacher Barry Smolin groomed and sexually abused her. The lawsuit was filed late in April against the LAUSD and Smolin. It claims that the student, identified as Jane Doe, was groomed and then eventually…

Dave Ring, partner at Taylor & Ring, is representing a victim of David Lamb in a lawsuit against Lucia Mar Unified School District (LMUSD). Lamb, who “was convicted in 2018 of two counts of committing lewd acts against a child and sentenced to 16 years in state prison,” had previously been arrested for peeping (a…

Taylor & Ring is proud to announce that partner Natalie Weatherford has been named to the Daily Journal’s Top Women Lawyers 2021 list. Every year, the Daily Journal recognizes the top 100 women lawyers in California for their work in their respective fields. The Daily Journal also interviews the honorees to highlight the most prominent…

Taylor & Ring is representing two women (“Jane Doe 1” and “Jane Doe 2”) in civil claims against Palm Springs (PSUSD) and Coachella Valley Unified School Districts (CVUSD), alleging a failure to protect students who were sexually abused by bus drive Jose Luis Moncada. Moncada, who was arrested and charged with eight counts of “committing…

CRST Expedited, Inc., a national long-haul trucking business, recently settled a sexual assault lawsuit brought against them by an ex-employee Jane Doe. Eric Horton, accused of raping Doe, was also a defendant in the case. Taylor & Ring is proud to have represented Ms. Doe, and are pleased to bring her closure and justice after…

After last year’s unanimous Santa Monica City Council vote to pay out over $40 million to settle sex abuse claims from two dozen individuals, Taylor & Ring’s David Ring and Sonya Ostovar have filed claims on behalf of 18 additional victims. These claims allege that the plaintiffs were also sexually assaulted as a result of…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Taylor & Ring is proud to announce that several of our attorneys have been named to the 2021 list of Best Lawyers in America®! For almost 40 years, Best Lawyers has honored the top attorneys in the country. Attorneys cannot nominate themselves, and all nominees are peer-reviewed by other honorees. This year, Best Lawyers: One…

The respected legal media company Lawdragon recently interviewed partner Robert R. Clayton for their “Lawyer Limelight” series. This popular Q&A series highlights some of the nation’s top legal practitioners. We invite you to read the interview here.   Taylor & RingServing clients throughout the Greater Los Angeles and Southern California area, we represent victims in…

Taylor & Ring is proud to announce that partners John Taylor and Dave Ring have both been named to Daily Journal’s list of Top Plaintiffs’ Lawyers . We invite you to read their profiles here.     Taylor & RingServing clients throughout the Greater Los Angeles and Southern California area, we represent victims in a variety of civil litigation cases. If…

The Santa Monica City Council has agreed to settle with the victims of the late Eric Uller, a former volunteer with the city’s Police Activities League (PAL) and a Principal Technology Analyst with the Santa Monica’s Information Systems Department. All told, Santa Monica has agreed to pay $97.5 million to Uller’s victims. Dave Ring, partner…

Taylor & Ring is pleased to announce that all three partners from our firm have been selected to the 2020 Southern California Super Lawyers list. Each year, no more than five percent of the lawyers in the state are selected by the research team at Super Lawyers to receive this honor. About Super Lawyers Super…

Respected legal website Lawdragon recently chose Attorneys John Taylor and Dave Ring for their “Lawyer Limelight” series, an in-depth Q&A feature that spotlights a national selection of leading attorneys in their fields. These interviews touch on a variety of subjects, including recent achievements, career highlights, legal trends and interesting personal tidbits. John Taylor and Dave…

Taylor & Ring is honored to announce that our firm was named to Best Lawyers – U.S. News & World Report’s annual Best Law Firms 2020 edition, earning Tier 1 statutes for Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs in Metropolitan Los Angeles. Taylor & Ring has consistently received recognition for its successes by Best Law Firms,…

Taylor & Ring is excited and proud to announce that attorney Natalie Weatherford has been named to Law360’s Rising Stars for 2019, their list of 175 Attorneys Under 40 whose legal accomplishments transcend their age. Natalie is one of only three personal injury attorneys named to this list, chosen from among 80 law firms and…

Taylor & Ring is excited to announce that six attorneys, including all four of our partners, have been recognized by Best Lawyers in America®! Attorneys are recognized in the publication from Best Lawyers in America based on a peer review. The top lawyers in every practice area come to a consensus opinion about the best…