Maureen Taylor 

Maureen P. Taylor

Of Counsel

Maureen P. Taylor is of counsel to Gwin Steinmetz & Baird PLLC. Licensed in both Kentucky and Ohio, she is experienced in appellate practice as well as both litigation and alternative dispute resolution. After beginning her practice in complex litigation and appellate advocacy in Louisville in 1989, she spent 11 years in Columbus, Ohio, practicing primarily in the construction law department of a large firm before returning recently to Louisville. Ms. Taylor also has represented clients challenging citations of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration before administrative law judges and the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission.

Ms. Taylor enjoys a varied practice, devoting her talents to insurance bad faith defense, ERISA matters, and general civil litigation as well as appellate advocacy.

Education

  • University of Michigan, Flint College BA, 1963 magna cum laude; National Merit Scholar
  • Michigan State University MA, 1964
  • Western Michigan University EdD, 1978
  • University of Michigan Law School JD, 1989 cum laude; Executive Editor, Michigan Law Review

Practice Areas

  • Appellate
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • Class Action
  • Construction
  • ERISA
  • Insurance Coverage & Bad Faith

Publications

  • Brickerconstructionlaw.com (f/k/a ohioconstructionlaw.com), Editor and author of numerous articles, 2000 – 2007
  • “The Courts Have Spoken” column in The Owners’ Perspective, magazine of Construction Owners Association of America, 2003 – 2007
  • Bar Briefs, a publication of the Columbus Bar Association, numerous articles, 2001 – 2007
  • Review of Allan Bloom’s The Closing of the American Mind, 86 MICHIGAN LAW REVIEW, 1135 (1988)

Courts

  • Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
  • Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky
  • Southern District of Ohio
  • All Kentucky Commonwealth Courts
  • All Ohio State Courts

Professional Affiliations

  • American Bar Association
  • Kentucky Bar Association
  • Ohio State Bar Association
    • Member, OSBA Construction Law Committee and Chair for seminar planning, 2007
  • Columbus Bar Association
    • Member, CBA Construction Law Committee
    • Former Chair of the CBA Professionalism Committee (2000 – 2002)