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…
The family of a Santa Barbara student has filed a claim against a teacher accused of secretly recording students in a school bathroom. The teacher allegedly used a hidden camera to capture footage of students in the restroom, leading to legal action. The claim seeks damages for emotional distress and invasion of privacy. The school…
Taylor & Ring is proud to announce that partner Natalie Weatherford has been named to Daily Journal’s Top Women Lawyers list for 2024! This annual list honors the top performing woman attorneys in California. You can read more at the Daily Journal, or check out the profile below:
Taylor & Ring is proud to announce that Sara Pross is this year’s recipient of the Taylor & Ring Victim Advocate Scholarship. Sara is a 1L student at New England Law in Boston. Sara is an extraordinary young person who tackles challenges head on. A natural leader, she served as the President of Clemson Panhellenic…
Taylor & Ring recently filed a lawsuit against the Benicia Unified School District and a former teacher, alleging the district was negligent in its hiring and supervising of 42-year-old Matthew Shelton, who is accused of sexually assaulting a Jane Doe during the 2022-2023 school year. Per the Vallejo Sun, “Shelton was charged with five felony…
On February 26, Taylor & Ring secured a $13M verdict against the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), in a case involving a 9th-grade student (Jane Doe) and a 19-year-old special needs assistant named Daniel Garcia. The 14-year-old was a student at Daniel Pearl Magnet High School (DPMHS) in 2014 when Garcia groomed and sexually…
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…
The LA Times has reported that on December 14th, six long years after the death of a teen in a civilian car chase, Taylor and Ring secured a verdict in the amount of $61.7 million to the victim’s parents. In Inglewood, the L.A. County Superior Court jury granted $23.25 million in compensatory damages to Julie…
Taylor & Ring Secures $25 Million Sexual Abuse Verdict Against Santa Barbara Unified School District
On December 11th, Taylor and Ring secured a $25 million award verdict against Santa Barbara Unified School District for the sexual abuse committed against a victim referred to as John Doe #2. The convicted abuser was former security guard and assistant football coach Justin Sell at Dos Pueblos High School. John Doe #2 had testified…
The entire team at Taylor & Ring is proud to announce that we have been named to U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” list for 2024. We’re happy to once again be recognized as a Tier 1 firm in the areas of personal injury litigation and product liability litigation for plaintiffs in the Los Angeles…