RAFFERTY E. TAYLOR, ESQ.

Managing Partner & Founder

 

BIO

Rafferty (Kellogg) Taylor is an experienced litigator with fifteen years of experience in high-exposure, complex litigation, including cases involving products liability, pharmaceutical and medical device product defense, trucking and transportation litigation, and general liability matters. She has represented major pharmaceutical companies in complex products liability litigation and mass tort litigation. She has also acted as national counsel for several companies in matters involving catastrophic injury and death and managed this litigation throughout the country. She has practiced extensively in courts at both the State and Federal levels. 

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Taylor was formerly a partner at Hinshaw & Culbertson, a national law firm with nearly 500 attorneys.  Previously, Taylor was also a partner at Wicker Smith, a Florida-based litigation firm.  

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Taylor is licensed to practice law in New York, Florida, Massachusetts, and the District of Columbia. 

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In 2019, Taylor moved back to her hometown of Clayton, NY with her husband Adam and their two daughters, Catharine and Caroline, to raise their family on the beautiful St. Lawrence River.  She started Taylor Law to provide an array of legal services to her community. 

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EDUCATION

• J.D., University at Buffalo Law School, 2005

• B.S., Cornell University, 2001

BAR ADMISSIONS​

• New York

• Florida

• Massachusetts

• District of Columbia

COURT ADMISSIONS​

• Florida

• New York 

• Massachusetts

• District of Columbia

• U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida

• U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida