Firm News

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…

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…