Stephanie M. Taylor
Top rated Civil Litigation attorney in Houston, Texas
Practice Areas:
Business Litigation,
Estate & Trust Litigation,
Brain Injury,
Construction Accident,
Legal Malpractice,
Premises Liability - Plaintiff,
Trucking Accidents,
Wrongful Death
Education Qualification:
Pepperdine University School of Law
Practice Areas:
Business litigation,
Estate & trust litigation,
Brain injury,
Construction accident,
Legal malpractice,
Premises liability - plaintiff,
Trucking accidents,
Wrongful death
3200 Travis Street, 4th FloorHouston, Texas, 77006
First Admitted: 2011, California
Professional Webpage: https://hagans.law/attorneys/stephanie-m-taylor/
Bar / Professional Activity:
- Texas Bar Foundation
- Houston Bar Association
- Houston Trial Lawyers Association
- Texas Trial Lawyers Association
- California, 2011
- United States District Court for the Central District of California, 2012
- Texas, 2014
- United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2014
- United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, 2017
- United States Supreme Court, 2017
Pro bono / Community Service:
- Board Member of The AthLife Foundation, Inc. from 2020-Present. The Athlife Foundation is spearheading the creation of the profession of the academic coach. Academic coaches support high school student-athlete development in some of our nation's most challenging yet promising communities. Currently, 68 schools in 14 states are participating, supported by organizations including the Heisman Trust, Washington Redskins Charitable Foundation, PCM Fund, Foundation for Teamwork, the N4A, and Starfish Charities. For more information, go to www.athlife.org., 2024
- Volunteered with Pepperdine Law School's Sudreau Global Justice Institute to take part in a volunteer program in Uganda's prisons. Pepperdine University has partnered with the Ugandan Judiciary to host hands-on plea bargaining training inside Uganda's prisons. The project involves a one-week program that includes the Global Justice team, volunteer American attorneys and judges, Pepperdine law students, Ugandan attorneys, Ugandan law students, Uganda prosecutors, and Ugandan judges. We travel between 1-4 different prisons during that week and train Ugandans on the plea bargaining process, while handling real cases. Our goal is to give access to justice for those in Uganda and other African nations. , 2024
- Volunteer with International Justice Mission to raise awareness and funds in support of IJM's work to protect people living in poverty by ending trafficking and slavery, violence against women and children, and police abuse of power.
- Provided pro bono legal services to a client involving the estate of a deceased spouse, 2023
- Provided pro bono legal services to a client to resolve a debt collection attempt; had the improper debt corrected and removed from all three (3) major credit agency reports, which immediately provided a significant increase in the client's credit score, 2021
Honors:
- Top 40 Under 40 Civil Plaintiff Trial Lawyers, National Trial Lawyer, 2023
- Membership among America’s Top 100 High Stakes Litigators® is meant to identify and highlight the accomplishments of the nation’s most esteemed and skilled litigators in high stakes legal matters. To be considered for selection, an attorney must have litigated (for either plaintiff or defendant) a matter (1) with at least $2,000,000 in alleged damages at stake or (2) with the fate of a business worth at least $2,000,000 at stake (i.e. bet-the-company litigation valued in excess of $2,000,000). These minimum qualifications are required for initial consideration. Thereafter, only the top 100 qualifying attorneys in each state* will receive this honor and be selected for membership among America’s Top 100 High Stakes Litigators®., America's Top 100 High Stakes Litigators, America's Top 100, 2024
- Top 40 Under 40 Civil Plaintiff Trial Lawyers, National Trial Lawyer, 2024
- Named a Houstonia 2022-2023 Top Lawyer, Houstonia Top Lawyer, Houstonia Top Lawyers, 2022
- Top 40 Under 40 Civil Plaintiff Trial Lawyers, National Trial Lawyer, 2022
- Top 40 Under 40 Civil Plaintiff Trial Lawyers, National Trial Lawyer, 2021
- Texas Rising Star, Thompson Reuters, 2021
- Top 40 Under 40 Civil Plaintiff Trial Lawyers, National Trial Lawyer, 2020
- Texas Rising Star, Thompson Reuters, 2020
- Top 40 Under 40 Civil Plaintiff Trial Lawyers, National Trial Lawyer, 2019
- Texas Rising Star, Thompson Reuters, 2019
Educational Background:
- Duke University, B.A., 2006
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