Maureen Taylor specializes in complex contract and business disputes. Clients seek her legal representation on recall and warranty cost-recovery matters, and automotive supplier disputes. She also handles complex UCC, product liability, and wrongful death matters involving automotive components, industrial products, child safety restraints, power tools and other products. Ms. Taylor has also advised professional service firms and educational institutions regarding security breaches involving sensitive personal identifying information. Ms. Taylor has handled and achieved many successful outcomes for national and international corporations in complex litigation in state and federal courts across the country. She is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law (J.D., 1997).
Before joining Brooks Wilkins Sharkey & Turco, she was a shareholder at Butzel Long and was an associate in the litigation group at Jones Day.
Recent Experience Includes:
- Obtained numerous injunctions in state and federal courts on behalf of Tiered suppliers involving various automotive components
- Represented prior owner of wind farm in connection with a nuisance lawsuit filed by 20 landowners in Huron County, MI
- Obtained summary judgment on behalf of defendant designer of brake controller in product liability action
- Obtained voluntary dismissal on behalf of tire manufacturer in product liability action after FRCP 26 conference
- Successfully argued and obtained affirmance of district court dismissal of 4th and 14th Amendment violation claims before the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in Cleary v. County of Macomb, et al., Case No. 09-1441 (6th Cir. Feb. 2, 2011)
- Obtained Summary Judgment, Default Judgment and Sanctions against Defendant for fraud and electronic discovery abuses in one of the first decisions by any Federal Court after the enactment of the new Court Rules dealing with electronic discovery. PML North America v ACG Enterprises, U.S. Eastern District of Michigan, Case No. 05-CV-70404-DT
- Obtained voluntary dismissal on behalf of pharmaceutical company in product liability action after filing summary judgment motion
- Obtained voluntarily dismissal on behalf of garage door manufacturer in product liability action after filing summary judgment motion
- Regional counsel representation of leading tire manufacturer in product liability/personal injury cases
- National counsel for defense of ABS and Rollover Protection System cases for several leading suppliers
- Member of a punitive damages trial team defending a manufacturer in a product liability class action brought on behalf of over 500,000 plaintiffs
Education:
- University of Pittsburgh School of Law, (J.D.), 1997 (magna cum laude, Order of the Coif)
- University of Pittsburgh Law Review, Managing Editor, 1997
- University of Michigan, (B.A.) 1992
Past Employment Positions:
- Jones Day
- Butzel Long, Shareholder
Published Works:
- "DRI"s Products Liability Defenses, A State by State Compendium," (Co-Author) (2002-2009)
- "Product Liability Desk Reference, A Fifty State Compendium," Aspen Publishers (2002-2009)
Professional Associations and Memberships:
- Member, Defense Research Institute (DRI)
- Member, Michigan Defense Trial Counsel (MDTC)
- Member, Advisory Board Member ICLE Litigation
- Oakland County Bar Association
Honors & Awards:
- "Top Lawyer," dBusiness; From 2011 To 2012
Bar Admissions:
- Michigan
- Pennsylvania
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan
- U.S. District Court Western District of Michigan
- U.S. District Court Western District of Pennsylvania
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Wisconsin
- U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit
Classes & Seminars:
- Deposition Skills Workshop, Institute of Continuing Legal Education (Faculty, Panel); From 2011 To 2012
- Moderated and presented “FRE 502 Dealing with Privilege and Waiver in Electronic Document Production,” "Update of Michigan E-discovery law." (ICLE); 2010
- Moderated and presented “Emerging Issues in E-Discovery Practice: Admissibility of ESI,” (ICLE); From 2009 To 2009, Presented “Data Privacy and Protection"; 2008
- Moderated and presented “E-Discovery from A to Z: What Every Lawyer Must Know” and presented “Obligations Under the Federal Rules (Pre-Discovery)”; Sponsor: ICLE; 2007
- "Coping with Documents in Discovery"; Sponsor: ICLE Litigation II Bootcamp; 2007
"FRE 502 Dealing with Privilege and Waiver in Electronic Document Production"; Sponsor: ICLE; 2010 - "Update of Michigan E-discovery law"; Sponsor: ICLE; 2010
- "Emerging Issues in E-Discovery Practice: Admissibility of ESI"; Sponsor: ICLE; 2009
