Maureen Taylor specializes in complex commercial litigation, UCC litigation, product liability defense, and automotive safety and regulatory matters. She has experience in defending catastrophic product liability and tort litigation matters. Ms. Taylor has also advised professional service firms and educational institutions regarding security breaches involving sensitive personal identifying information. 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 an associate at Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue.
- Obtained numerous injunctions in state and federal courts on behalf of Tiered suppliers involving various automotive components
- Obtained summary judgment on behalf of defendant designer of brake controller in product liability action
- 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., magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, 1997; managing editor of the University of Pittsburgh Law Review, 1997)
- University of Michigan (B.A., 1992)
Professional Associations
- Admitted, State Bar of Michigan; Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit; U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan; U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan; U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania; U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
- Member, Defense Research Institute (DRI)
- Member, Michigan Defense Trial Counsel (MDTC)
- Member, American Bar Association
- Advisory Board Member , ICLE Litigation
- “Top Lawyer,” dBusiness (2011)
- Moderated and presented “FRE 502 Dealing with Privilege and Waiver in Electronic Document Production” and “Update of Michigan E-discovery law,” (ICLE 2010)
- Moderated and presented “Emerging Issues in E-Discovery Practice: Admissibility of ESI,” (ICLE 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),” (ICLE 2007)
- "Coping with Documents in Discovery," (ICLE Litigation II Bootcamp 2007)
- Co-authored Michigan’s “DRI’s Products Liability Defenses: A State by State Compendium,” (2002-2009)
- Co-authored Aspen Publishers’ “Product Liability Desk Reference: A Fifty State Compendium,” (2002-2009)