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When women train to become truck drivers, an enormous percentage experience sexual assault by their fellow truck drivers and even the instructors who train them. This same danger doesn’t exist for their male counterparts, and it turns out that very few truck companies are doing much to combat this heinous problem, seemingly penalizing victims rather…

Taylor & Ring is proud to announce that the $102.5 million verdict for Jane Doe et al v. Union School District has been included in Daily Journal’s Top Verdicts. Taylor & Ring Partner Natalie Weatherford and attorney Lauren A. Cerri of Corsiglia, McMahon & Allard represented the two victims in their lawsuit. We invite you…

Taylor & Ring has filed a lawsuit against Methodist Hospital of Sacramento on behalf of “Jane Doe,” a woman who was repeatedly sexually assaulted by her nurse, Gregory Allen Harms, while she struggled to survive in the intensive care unit. The lawsuit names both Harms and the hospital as defendants. Not only did Methodist Hospital…

Taylor & Ring are proud to announce this year’s winner of the Taylor & Ring Annual Victim Advocate Scholarship – Dylan Marks! Dylan is entering his second year of law school at the University of California, Davis School of Law with high marks, and we were very taken with his story and community work. Dylan…

Taylor & Ring has filed a lawsuit against North Monterey County Unified School District (NMCUSD) for the sexual assault of one of its students (“Jane Doe”), who was groomed and abused by Sergio Marquez while she was a student in 2002-2003. Marquez has been accused of sexually assaulting students before. As of this writing, at…

Taylor & Ring is proud to announce that the firm has been named to U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” list for 2023. We have once again been recognized as a Tier 1 firm in the areas of personal injury litigation and product liability litigation for plaintiffs in the Los Angeles area. “Best…

Taylor & Ring is proud to have nine lawyers listed in the 2023 editions of The Best Lawyers in America® and the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America™. This is an exciting achievement for our entire team. Every year, the Best Lawyers list recognizes leading attorneys in particular regions and practices, based on peer reviews. Since it…

Taylor & Ring is proud to announce that partner Natalie Weatherford has been named to the 2022 edition of Daily Journal’s “Top 40 Under 40” list! This annual list highlights up-and-coming attorneys in California. In her profile interview with Daily Journal, Natalie discusses her work as a plaintiff’s attorney in sexual abuse cases.   Read…

Attorneys for Taylor & Ring achieved a remarkable settlement for a 9-year-old girl with special needs and her family. The girl had been repeatedly sexually abused in 2017 by a former bus driver for Lucia Mar Unified School District in California (LMUSD). On May 20, 2022, the school district paid $10 million to settle a…

Taylor & Ring is proud to announce that partners John Taylor and Dave Ring were both named to the 2022 Top Plaintiff Lawyers list, presented by the Daily Journal! We invite you to read their profile and interview pieces here.                 Taylor & RingServing clients throughout the Greater…

John Taylor and Robert Clayton, partners at Taylor & Ring, obtained a $7.83 million settlement on behalf of clients whose son died during a civilian car chase. Julie and Jesse Esphorst, Sr., filed wrongful death lawsuits against the city, county, and California Department of Transportation. John and Rob represented Julie in her claims. In 2017,…

In an incredible victory for sexual assault victims everywhere, a San Jose jury recently awarded a combined $102.5 million to two women sexually assaulted while students at Dartmouth Middle School, part of the Union School District. Taylor & Ring’s Natalie Weatherford represented one of the plaintiffs, known to the court as Jane Doe 2. As…

On March 4, 2017, a security guard working at the Desert Premium Outlets on Seminole Drive in Cabazon found a man looking through a garbage bin for food. He asked the man to leave, which the man did. However, he returned shortly after to continue looking for food. As a result, mall security called the…

Taylor & Ring is pleased to announce that three partners from our firm have been recognized by Southern California Super Lawyers for 2022! Every year, Super Lawyers recognizes attorneys across the country, practicing more than 70 types of law, for their accomplishments and achievements. Selection to the annual list is not guaranteed, which means every…

The team at Taylor & Ring is proud to announce the firm’s selection for inclusion in U.S. News & World Report’s Best Law Firms, 2022 Edition. Our practice was named a Tier 1 firm in Los Angeles for our work in personal injury litigation and product liability litigation for plaintiffs. We’re so honored to be…

Taylor & Ring is proud to announce that several of our attorneys have been named to the 2022 list of Best Lawyers in America®! For close to 40 years, Best Lawyers has honored the top lawyers in America. All recognized lawyers are nominated and assessed based entirely on peer review. Best Lawyers methodology is designed to capture, as…

John Taylor and Dave Ring have been named to the Los Angeles Business Journal’s Leaders of Influence List: Litigators & Trial Lawyers. LABJ’s prestigious list is designed to honor trial lawyers “who go to the proverbial mat to fight for their clients before judges and jury have their own unique sets of skills,” and recognizes…

Taylor & Ring is proud to announce that partners John Taylor and Dave Ring have once again been named to Daily Journal’s list of Top Plaintiffs’ Lawyers. Only 38 attorneys in total were named to this prestigious list. We invite you to read their profiles here.             John C. TaylorJohn C. Taylor is one of…

Taylor & Ring has filed lawsuits against the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) on behalf of the victims of Louis Moreno, alleging that they were sexually abused by Moreno – and LAUSD did nothing. The lawsuits allege that LAUSD ignored calls from parents, and even that the District tried to remove children form the…

A former student at Hamilton High School has filed a lawsuit against the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) claiming that teacher Barry Smolin groomed and sexually abused her. The lawsuit was filed late in April against the LAUSD and Smolin. It claims that the student, identified as Jane Doe, was groomed and then eventually…

Dave Ring, partner at Taylor & Ring, is representing a victim of David Lamb in a lawsuit against Lucia Mar Unified School District (LMUSD). Lamb, who “was convicted in 2018 of two counts of committing lewd acts against a child and sentenced to 16 years in state prison,” had previously been arrested for peeping (a…

Taylor & Ring is proud to announce that partner Natalie Weatherford has been named to the Daily Journal’s Top Women Lawyers 2021 list. Every year, the Daily Journal recognizes the top 100 women lawyers in California for their work in their respective fields. The Daily Journal also interviews the honorees to highlight the most prominent…