Board Certified in Construction Lawyer by the Florida Bar and AV rated by Martindale Hubbell. He received his Juris Doctorate from the University Of Miami School Of Law in 1996, and his Bachelor of Science in Construction Management from Florida International University.  Mr. Taylor was admitted to the Florida Bar in 1996.

Mr. Taylor entered the legal field after a span of 20 years in the construction industry. During that period Mr. Taylor was a carpenter, a superintendent, a subcontractor, an estimator and a project manager for various organizations. He has been a Certified Building Contractor since 1983 and for several years had his own contracting firm.

As a lawyer Mr. Taylor has been associated with several top construction law firms, including Ferencik, Libanoff, Brandt, Bustamante and Williams, P.A. and Leiby, Taylor Stearns, LInkhorst and Roberts, P.A., where he was a partner.

Mr. Taylor has served on or is a member of the Broward County Bar Association (Construction Law Committee; Vice-Chair 2002 – 2004); The South Florida Chapter of the Associated General Contractors (Education Committee / General Counsel 2003-2005) and the Associated General Contractors of America (Contract Documents Committee 2002-2005).   Mr. Taylor was selected to as one of the founding members of the Florida International University Construction Industry Advisory Counsel and served on that committee for several years. 

 Mr. Taylor was an Adjunct Professor in Florida International University’s Construction Management Program teaching construction law and construction estimating courses at both the Undergraduate and Graduate level (1997-2005).  

He is a frequent seminar speaker and continuing education instructor having given seminars to local and national gatherings of The Associated General Contractors, The Associated Builders and Contractors, the South Florida Air Conditioning Contractor’s Association, and several private continuing education providers. Mr. Taylor was selected as one of two instructors in The Associated General Contractor’s Superintendent Training Program, lecturing on construction supervision and management at the field level. His articles on construction law have been published in numerous trade organization periodicals.