Daniel R. Taylor Jr

Dan Taylor has trial, appellate and arbitration experience representing plaintiffs and defendants in a broad range of business litigation matters involving securities, corporate governance, business torts, shareholder rights, intellectual property, and complex contracts. He has tried cases throughout the United States and in each of the three federal districts within North Carolina. He has extensive experience with matters in the North Carolina Business Court.

A 1968 graduate of the United States Military Academy and Vietnam veteran, he attended Wake Forest University School of Law, graduating cum laude. Following law school, he served as Law Clerk to Chief Judge Hiram H. Ward, MDNC. Mr. Taylor has been repeatedly listed in The Best Lawyers in America® for Commercial Litigation, named to Business North Carolina's "Legal Elite" list, recognized in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, and listed as a "Top 100 North Carolina Super Lawyer" in 2008, 2012, 2013 and 2014 and a Business Litigation “Super Lawyer” in 2010 by Super Lawyers magazine. He was also named a 2012 "Lawyer of the Year" for the Greensboro region in the area of Securities Litigation by The Best Lawyers in America®. In 2014, Mr. Taylor was recommended by Legal 500 US for Trade Secrets Litigation.

Mr. Taylor, an instrument rated private pilot, has handled a variety of complex litigation matters for prominent Fortune 500 companies including Lowe’s Companies, Inc., Branch Banking and Trust Company, E.I. du Pont de Nemours, Lincoln Financial Media, Reynolds American Inc., R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Krispy Kreme Doughnut Corporation, Sara Lee Corporation, Wachovia Bank, and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, as well as for individuals and private entities.

Good to know

Areas of Practice 1) Complex Business Litigation, 2) Intellectual Property Litigation, 3) Class Actions, 4) Corporate Governance, 5) Directors & Officers Litigation, 6) Health Care Litigation, 7) Business & Finance and 8) Litigation
Law School Wake Forest University School of Law ( J.D., 1973)
Education United States Military Academy (B.S.,1968)
Bar Member / Association North Carolina State Bar Association
Most recent firm Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
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