Anthony R. Taylor is a partner of the Firm specializing in litigation and police advisory work. His experience in litigation includes matters involving municipal tort liability, contracts, civil rights, Anti-SLAPP motions, code enforcement, environmental law, land use, employment law, writ of mandate actions and Native American issues.
Mr. Taylor graduated with a B.S. from the University of Southern California, summa cum laude and class valedictorian of the School of Public Administration in 1997. Continuing at USC, he received his J.D. from USC Law School in 2000. There, Mr. Taylor was a quarterfinalist in the Hale Moot Court Honors Program and served as a teaching assistant to Dean Geoffrey Cowan of the Annenberg School for Communication where he instructed undergraduate sections in free speech and media law.
Mr. Taylor’s litigation experience includes drafting various briefs and petitions for appellate matters before the Ninth Circuit, California Supreme Court and arguing matters before the California Court of Appeal. Representative work includes multiple published opinions including: Nicolopulos v. City of Lawndale (2001) 91 Cal. App. 4th 1221 (where the Court of Appeal upheld the City of Lawndale’s removal of their City Clerk after the City Council removed the Clerk for failing to reside in the City), Carson Gardens, LLC v. City of Carson Mobilehome Park Rental Review Board (2006) 135 Cal. App. 4th 856 (which reversed the trial court’s award of a specific rent increase to the petitioner after a writ of mandate proceeding), and Carson Redevelopment Agency v. Padilla (2006) 140 Cal. App. 4th 1323 (where the Carson Redevelopment Agency prevailed under Government Code § 1090, the State conflict-of-interest statute, in a matter involving a $850,000 housing subsidy agreement).
Likewise, Mr. Taylor has jury and bench trial experience including Rand v. Carson Redevelopment Agency, Case No. CV 03-1913 GPS (PJWx), a jury trial in the United States District Court in January of 2005, for a $25 million claim by a developer for the alleged violation of his rights to equal protection under a “class of one” theory.
Mr. Taylor was named a “Rising Star” for 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010 by Super Lawyers Magazine. Mr. Taylor currently serves as a member of the Alumni Advisory Board for the USC School of Policy, Planning & Development. Mr. Taylor also serves the Orange County Bar Association as a member of its Grant Review and Mentoring Committees besides frequently volunteering his time for the Constitutional Rights Foundation Juvenile Justice Project.
Besides being a member of the State Bar of California, Mr. Taylor is also admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
Public Offices
Assistant City Attorney
Suisun City (2009 - present)
Honors
Southern CA Super Lawyer “Rising Star” - 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
Affiliations
Orange County Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division Social Chair
Constitutional Rights Foundation, Peer Court Juvenile Justice Project
Alum Advisory Board, USC School of Public Policy, Planning, Development
Admissions
State Bar of California
US District Court, Central District of CA
US Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit
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