Congratulations, Natalie Weatherford and Brendan Gilbert, for Being Named Rising Stars in 2017!

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 been in practice for 10 years or fewer. Only 2.5% of all nominated attorneys in a region are named to the final Rising Stars list, and all of them must successfully complete a rigorous vetting process first. We are very proud of both Natalie and Brendan, though we are not surprised by their inclusion; after all, they’re two of the finest associates we have.

About Natalie Weatherford

Natalie Weatherford is a SoCal native, and an award-winning attorney. She focuses her practice on protecting child and adult victims of sexual abuse and harassment. Her successes include:

• $14 million settlement in sexual abuse case against Moraga School District, obtaining the largest “per victim” compensation award ($7 million apiece) paid by a school district in any state of the country.
• $8.05 million verdict in a sexual abuse case between a student and a teacher: A.M. vs. Pomona Unified School District
• $5.4 million verdict in a sexual abuse case involving a young girl and her teacher.

Natalie also handles civil rights cases as well as catastrophic injury cases. She has also contributed to The Advocate.

About Brendan P. Gilbert

is a skilled personal injury attorney who has been recognized not only for his civil litigation work, but also for his appellate advocacy. At Taylor & Ring, he has second chaired multiple personal injury trials to verdict, as well as obtained significant settlements on behalf of his clients. This included a $5 million settlement in a sexual abuse case involving a student and a teacher in which two school districts that the teacher worked for were sued for their respective roles in allowing the abuse to occur.

Taylor & Ring would like to congratulate Natalie and Brendan again for being named to the 2017 Rising Stars list. We know they will continue to do great things for their clients.

David M. Ring

David 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 sexual abuse, sexual harassment, assault, molestation and sexual misconduct in cases against a variety of employers and entities, including schools, churches and youth organizations.

He prides himself on providing aggressive, yet compassionate representation for children who have been sexually abused and women who have been sexually harassed or assaulted. Read more about David M. Ring.