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  Click Here For the Full Article. David M. RingDavid Ring is a nationally renowned plaintiff’s personal injury trial attorney and has obtained multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements on behalf of seriously-injured individuals or families who have lost a loved one in a tragic accident. For more than 20 years, he has represented victims of…

    Click Here for the link to the article.  David M. RingDavid Ring is a nationally renowned plaintiff’s personal injury trial attorney and has obtained multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements on behalf of seriously-injured individuals or families who have lost a loved one in a tragic accident. For more than 20 years, he has…

Taylor & Ring is proud to announce that partners Dave Ring and Louanne Masry have secured a $45.4 million jury verdict against the County of Los Angeles and its Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) on behalf of our client’s daughter, a minor who had been repeatedly subjected to sexual abuse for years. Despite…

Taylor & Ring is pleased to announce that all four partners from our firm have been recognized in the 25th edition of the Best Lawyers in America®. Attorneys are recognized in the Best Lawyers in America publication and online through a peer review process, which is based on the consensus opinion of the leading lawyers…

Taylor & Ring is proud to announce that associates Brendan P. Gilbert and Natalie Weatherford have both been named to the 2018 Southern California Super Lawyers Rising Stars list! Both Brendan and Natalie were selected for inclusion for their work in the area of Plaintiff Personal Injury. This is Brendan’s third consecutive year, and Natalie’s…

Taylor & Ring has always fought on behalf of sexual assault and abuse victims in California. That is why we are proud to announce that John Taylor and Natalie Weatherford recently secured a $25.3 million jury verdict on behalf of our client, Stephen W., against the Westerly School of Long Beach and Scott Durzo, who…

Attorneys John C. Taylor and Louanne Masry of Taylor & Ring, a Los Angeles-based trial law firm, filed a lawsuit for the physical abuse, battery and neglect of a minor male (D.P.) with developmental disabilities while he was a resident at Serenity Home, a children’s residential group home in Garden Grove, California. Over the course…

As of right now, at least 27 women have filed lawsuits against the University of Southern California and former gynecologist George Tyndall, for sexual misconduct, abuse and harassment. Taylor & Ring is proud to represent one of these brave women, whom we’ll call “J.C.,” in her quest for justice. We believe this is the just…

John Taylor and Dave Ring have both been named to the 2018 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers list! The Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America is “the most elite guide in the legal profession. The Lawdragon 500 leading lawyers are selected from a combination of editorial research by Lawdragon staff; submissions from law firms; and an…

To date, more than 80 women have accused former movie mogul Harvey Weinstein of sexual misconduct. Those accusations run the gamut, from inappropriate comments to sexual assault and rape. One of the accusers, “Jenny,” is represented by our firm’s partner Dave Ring. She has not told her story to media outlets for the last six…

The lawyers for a family that is suing the Lucia Mar Unified School District (LMUSD) over the alleged abuse of their special needs child released new details and video related to the case on Tuesday. The 10-year-old girl’s guardians say a school bus driver molested her several times over a four-month period while driving her…

Video released Tuesday appears to show a Lucia Mar Unified School District bus driver molesting a 9-year-old girl while on his route, lawyers for the girl’s family says. The security camera footage was shown during a press conference introducing a lawsuit being brought by the girl’s guardians against the school district and the County Department of Education.…

Taylor & Ring is proud to announce that both John Taylor and Dave Ring, founding partners of Taylor & Ring, have been become Fellows of the American College of Trial Lawyers. The ACTL was founded in 1950, and is comprised of experienced litigators from the U.S. and Canada. Membership in the ACTL is limited only…

Louanne Masry, partner at Taylor & Ring, will be speaking at the Association of Southern California Defense Counsel (ASCDC) on March 22, 2018. The program, entitled “Power Women – Lessons Learned and How to Get There in the Legal Profession,” will discuss the challenges that female lawyers face in today’s ever-changing world. Ms. Masry will…

Taylor & Ring is proud to announce that a number of our attorneys have been named to the Southern California Super Lawyers List of 2018. Partners John C. Taylor, David M. Ring, and Robert R. Clayton, as well as associates Louanne Masry and James W. Lewis, have all been selected for inclusion. John Taylor and…

Lawdragon is a renowned legal media company, which published in-depth reports on legal issues affecting the country. It also releases the annual 500 Leading Lawyers in America magazine, “the most elite distinction in the profession, covering the best of the best in all practice areas.” We are proud to announce that partner David M. Ring…

Dave Ring of Taylor & Ring is representing the victim who was raped by Harvey Weinstein in Los Angeles in 2013. LAPD has taken a criminal report. The investigation is ongoing. This will be a developing story. The victim and Mr. Ring are fully cooperating with the LAPD. The LA Times story follows: Click Here for the…

Taylor & Ring would like to congratulate Natalie Weatherford and Brendan P. Gilbert for being named to the 2017 Southern California Rising Stars list. This is Natalie’s fourth consecutive year making the list, and Brendan’s first year. In order to be considered for Rising Stars, an attorney must be no older than 40, or have…

Taylor & Ring has filed a lawsuit against the Diocese of Orange County, Father Alex Kim, and St. John Neumann Church of Irvine, for sexual abuse and harassment. The lawsuit claims that the Diocese and the Church had been hearing accusations and complaints against Father Kim for years, yet they turned a blind eye to…

Taylor & Ring partner, David Ring, was featured on ABC’s Nightline on Tuesday, April 11, 2017 with victim, Chelsea Burkett, in the now notorious Marlborough sex abuse scandal. The focus of the Nightline special was the reckless response by two L.A. private schools, Viewpoint and Marlborough, to English teacher Joseph Koetters’ repeated misconduct towards students.…

Gilberto Santillan is a beloved figure in Manhattan Beach, where he has dedicated more than 30 years of his life to hauling garbage away for USA Waste of California Inc. When he, along with a handful of other older, Spanish-speaking employees were fired or suspended under USA Waste’s new management, he turned to John C.…

Taylor & Ring partner, David Ring, will be featured on ABC’s Nightline tonight (12:35 a.m. PST) with victim, Chelsea Burkett, in the now notorious Marlborough sex abuse scandal. Tonight, for the first time, Chelsea will be speaking out and revealing her identity. “Remaining in the shadows implies I should be ashamed of what happened to…

The wheels of justice may turn slowly, but turn they do. In this case, they turned in the right direction for the family of Christian Eaddy, a young man gunned down in his own driveway by LA police, while his family watched on, helpless. John Taylor, of Taylor & Ring, obtained a $2 million settlement…

Individual cases of sexual abuse by teachers receive a great deal of attention, but how widespread is the problem? Why we still know, and are doing, so little. We invite you to read the full story, and see what David M. Ring, partner at Taylor & Ring, has to say. Taylor & RingServing clients throughout…

David Ring, partner at Taylor & Ring, was published in the Huffington Post on Monday, 2/20. His piece, titled “Betsy DeVos: Please Bring Down The Hammer On Campus Sexual Assault,” is an open letter to the new Secretary of the Department of Education, imploring her to “take a hard look at the school districts and…