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 and 2012 and a Business Litigation “Super Lawyer” in 2010 by SuperLawyers 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®.
Mr. Taylor, an instrument rated private pilot, handles a variety of complex litigation matters for prominent Fortune 500 companies including Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, Branch Banking and Trust Company, E.I. du Pont de Nemours, Lincoln Financial Media, Lowe's Companies, Inc., Reynolds American Inc., R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Sara Lee Corporation, and Wachovia Bank, as well as for individuals and private entities.
Professional & Community Activities
Judicial Conference of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Chief Justice Joseph Branch Inn of Court
Reynolda Rotary Club, Past President
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Parents Council (2002-2008)
American Bar Association
North Carolina Bar Association
Forsyth Country Day School, Past Board and Executive Committee Member
