 MICHAEL
S. TAYLOR PARTNER
Phone: (860) 522-8338
Fax: (860) 728-0401
E-mail: mtaylor@hortonshieldsknox.com
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
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 insurance coverage, defense and appellate practices.
He has lectured and written on insurance matters.
He is very active in the Connecticut Bar Association. From 2003
to the present he has served as Secretary and a member of the Executive
Committee of the Association’s Insurance Law Section. In other
legal community activities, Attorney Taylor is a member of the CBA
Litigation Section and has served on both the Insurance Law Committee
and Appellate Advocacy Committee of the Defense Research Institute.
In 2004, he was a recipient of the Connecticut Law Tribune’s
New Leaders of the Law award for his development of insurance
law in Connecticut.
He is 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. Attorney Taylor
also teaches moot court as an adjunct professor at the University of Connecticut
School of Law.
Some of his notable cases include:
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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