 MICHAEL
S. TAYLOR PARTNER
Phone: (860) 522-8338
Fax: (860) 728-0401
E-mail: mtaylor@hortonshieldsknox.com
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EDUCATION
B.A. cum laude, University of Connecticut, 1991
J.D. University of Connecticut School of Law, 1994
ADMISSIONS
State of Connecticut, 1994
United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, 1995
United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1997
United States Supreme Court, 2002
DISTINCTIONS
AV Peer Review Rated, Martindale Hubbell
Listed in Super Lawyers, 2007, 2010, 2011/2012
Recipient, New Leaders of the Law Award, Connecticut Law Tribune (2004), for his contribution to the development of insurance law in Connecticut.
PRACTICE
Attorney Taylor joined the firm as a principal in 2000 after working for a large litigation firm handling insurance coverage, bad faith litigation, insurance defense and appellate matters. He continues to grow his appellate, insurance coverage and defense practices. He has lectured and written on both appellate and insurance matters and taught moot court as an adjunct professor at the University of Connecticut School of Law.
He is active in the Connecticut Bar Association. He served as Secretary and a member of the Executive Committee of the Association’s Insurance Law Section and has been a member of the Appellate Law Section. Attorney Taylor is a Chair of the Young Lawyers Section of the American Counsel Association, a member of the American Bar Association's Council of Appellate Lawyers and has served on both the Insurance Law Committee and Appellate Advocacy Committee of the Defense Research Institute.
In August, 2009, Attorney Taylor co-authoredThe Encyclopedia of Connecticut Causes of Action with Attorney Daniel Krisch. He is currently co-authoring Insurance Coverage Law in Connecticut with Attorneys Karen Dowd and Brendon Levesque.
He is also involved in the firm’s legal publishing projects and contributes annually to Connecticut Practice Book Annotated, Vol. 1 by Wesley W. Horton and Kimberly A. Knox.
Some of his notable cases include:
Butts v. Bysiewicz, 298 Conn. 665 (2010)
Harley v. Indian Spring Land Co., 123 Conn.App. 800 (2010)
In re Diamond J., 297 Conn. 927 (2010), petition for certification denied
In re Jazmine B., 121 Conn.App. 376, petition for certification denied, 297 Conn. 924 (2010)
Newman v. Town of Avon Planning and Zoning Comm'n, 293 Conn. 209 (2009)
National RR Passenger Corp. v. O and G Industries, 537 F. 3d 153 (2008), Cert. denied, 129 S.Ct. 2043 (2009)
Royal Indemnity v. Terra Firma, 287 Conn. 183 (2008)
Archambault v. Soneco/Northeastern, Inc., 287 Conn. 20 (2008)
Contractor's Supply of Waterbury, LLC v. Commissioner of Enviromental Protection, 283 Conn. 86 (2007)
Maritime Ventures v. Norwalk, 277 Conn. 800 (2006)
Glazer v. Dress Barn, 274 Conn 33 (2005)
Wentland v. American Equity Ins. Co., 267 Conn. 592 (2004)
Murray v. Murray, 65 Conn. App. 90 (2001)
Hartford Ins. Co. v. Colonia Ins. Co., 58 Conn. App. 39
(2000)
Mack v. Lavalley, 55 Conn. App. 150 (1999)
Community Action v. American Alliance Ins. Co., 52 Conn.
App. 449 (1999)
Munroe v. Emhart Corp., 46 Conn. App. 37 (1997)
Tolchinsky v. Town of East Lyme, 43 Conn. App. 456 (1996)
Dibartolomeo v. Hill, 41 Conn. App. 355 (1996)
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