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Taylor & Ring is representing two women (“Jane Doe 1” and “Jane Doe 2”) in civil claims against Palm Springs (PSUSD) and Coachella Valley Unified School Districts (CVUSD), alleging a failure to protect students who were sexually abused by bus drive Jose Luis Moncada. Moncada, who was arrested and charged with eight counts of “committing…

CRST Expedited, Inc., a national long-haul trucking business, recently settled a sexual assault lawsuit brought against them by an ex-employee Jane Doe. Eric Horton, accused of raping Doe, was also a defendant in the case. Taylor & Ring is proud to have represented Ms. Doe, and are pleased to bring her closure and justice after…

After last year’s unanimous Santa Monica City Council vote to pay out over $40 million to settle sex abuse claims from two dozen individuals, Taylor & Ring’s David Ring and Sonya Ostovar have filed claims on behalf of 18 additional victims. These claims allege that the plaintiffs were also sexually assaulted as a result of…

Taylor & Ring is proud to announce that multiple members of our team have been recognized by Southern California Super Lawyers and Rising Stars for 2021. All attorneys have been selected for their work in Personal Injury – General: Plaintiff. Super Lawyers is an objective ratings service which honors attorneys across the country for their…

Taylor & Ring is proud to announce that partners John Taylor and Dave Ring have both been named to the 2021 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America. This year’s list, which also honored the country’s Supreme Court Justices, sought to honor the litigators, judiciary, and advocates who fought the good fight over one of the…

After a difficult and challenging year, Taylor & Ring is excited to announce the very deserving winner of the 2020 Taylor & Ring Annual Victim Advocate Scholarship, Olivia Horton! Only in her first year of law school, Olivia has already had a profound effect on her community by taking significant and continuous action to raise…

Taylor & Ring is proud to announce that the firm has once again been selected for inclusion in the Best Law Firms list, for the 2021 edition. The firm has also been named Tier 1 in the Los Angeles Metropolitan area for its work in: Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs…

Taylor & Ring is proud to announce that several of our attorneys have been named to the 2021 list of Best Lawyers in America®! For almost 40 years, Best Lawyers has honored the top attorneys in the country. Attorneys cannot nominate themselves, and all nominees are peer-reviewed by other honorees. This year, Best Lawyers: One…

The respected legal media company Lawdragon recently interviewed partner Robert R. Clayton for their “Lawyer Limelight” series. This popular Q&A series highlights some of the nation’s top legal practitioners. We invite you to read the interview here.   Taylor & RingServing clients throughout the Greater Los Angeles and Southern California area, we represent victims in…

Taylor & Ring is proud to announce that partners John Taylor and Dave Ring have both been named to Daily Journal’s list of Top Plaintiffs’ Lawyers . We invite you to read their profiles here.     Taylor & RingServing clients throughout the Greater Los Angeles and Southern California area, we represent victims in a variety of civil litigation cases. If…

The Santa Monica City Council has agreed to settle with the victims of the late Eric Uller, a former volunteer with the city’s Police Activities League (PAL) and a Principal Technology Analyst with the Santa Monica’s Information Systems Department. All told, Santa Monica has agreed to pay $97.5 million to Uller’s victims. Dave Ring, partner…

Taylor & Ring is pleased to announce that all three partners from our firm have been selected to the 2020 Southern California Super Lawyers list. Each year, no more than five percent of the lawyers in the state are selected by the research team at Super Lawyers to receive this honor. About Super Lawyers Super…

Respected legal website Lawdragon recently chose Attorneys John Taylor and Dave Ring for their “Lawyer Limelight” series, an in-depth Q&A feature that spotlights a national selection of leading attorneys in their fields. These interviews touch on a variety of subjects, including recent achievements, career highlights, legal trends and interesting personal tidbits. John Taylor and Dave…

Taylor & Ring is honored to announce that our firm was named to Best Lawyers – U.S. News & World Report’s annual Best Law Firms 2020 edition, earning Tier 1 statutes for Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs in Metropolitan Los Angeles. Taylor & Ring has consistently received recognition for its successes by Best Law Firms,…

Taylor & Ring is excited and proud to announce that attorney Natalie Weatherford has been named to Law360’s Rising Stars for 2019, their list of 175 Attorneys Under 40 whose legal accomplishments transcend their age. Natalie is one of only three personal injury attorneys named to this list, chosen from among 80 law firms and…

Taylor & Ring is excited to announce that six attorneys, including all four of our partners, have been recognized by Best Lawyers in America®! Attorneys are recognized in the publication from Best Lawyers in America based on a peer review. The top lawyers in every practice area come to a consensus opinion about the best…

Taylor & Ring is proud to announce that our firm has won the 2019 Elite Trial Lawyers award, presented by the National Law Journal. Taylor & Ring won in the “Other” category, because the plaintiffs’ work we do often defies specific classification. Instead, our work spans multiple categories: injury law, civil litigation, civil rights, and…

Taylor & Ring is proud to announce that partners John Taylor and Dave Ring have both been profiled in the Daily Journal’s Top Plaintiffs special report. We invite you to read their profiles here. Taylor & RingServing clients throughout the Greater Los Angeles and Southern California area, we represent victims in a variety of civil…

Taylor & Ring is proud to announce that we have secured two spots on the National Law Journal’s (NLJ) Top 100 Verdicts of 2018 list. Each year the NLJ lists the 100 largest verdicts in the country. Taylor & Ring’s verdicts included: $45.4 million – F.M. v. County of Los Angeles $25.3 million – Stephen…

Taylor & Ring has secured the largest individual settlement ever paid by the Archdiocese of Los Angeles to a victim of sexual abuse. Our client was 15-years-old when Juan Ivan Barajas, a health teacher and the athletic director at San Gabriel Mission High School, began sexually abusing her in 2016, and he eventually kidnapped her…

Taylor & Ring has secured a $7.4 million settlement on behalf of our client, Samuel Chang, who was berated, threatened, and then violently assaulted by a group of five men, two of whom were off-duty firefighters. Attorneys Dave Ring and Brendan Gilbert represented Mr. Chang in a civil lawsuit alleging assault, battery, false imprisonment, negligence…

Taylor & Ring has filed a lawsuit in Kern County Superior Court on January 28, 2019 on behalf of their client, a former student of Highland High School, who claims that the Assistant Principal, Mark Weir, sexually abused him. A story in Bakersfield Now reports on the details of the lawsuit, which alleges that the…

Taylor & Ring has filed a lawsuit against the Boys & Girls Club of Sonoma Valley on behalf of victims of Paul “Dwayne” Kilgore, alleging that the Club covered up years of reports of sexual abuse. The lawsuit also names Kilgore, the Petaluma Boys & Girls Club, and the national Boys & Girls Club of…

Taylor & Ring is proud to announce that partner and firm co-founder Dave Ring has been named to The National Law Journal’s list of Elite Boutique Trailblazers. The Elite Boutique Trailblazers list was created in 2017 to honor those “who have made a remarkable difference in their specialized area of law,” and “have shown a…

We are proud to announce that Taylor & Ring has been selected for inclusion once again on the list of “Best Law Firms,” presented by Best Lawyers® and U.S. News & World Report. The Firm earned a Tier 1 ranking for their working in Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs, and a Tier 2 ranking for…