Elizabeth G. Taylor

Partner

1800 M STREET, NW
SUITE 1000
WASHINGTON, DC
20036-5807

202.778.1876
202.822.8106 fax

Elizabeth G. Taylor is an experienced litigator with a varied practice that includes criminal and civil investigations, trials, and appeals across the country. She also counsels businesses and individuals hoping to resolve problems short of litigation.

Ms. Taylor regularly defends individuals, corporations, partnerships, and other entities against federal criminal charges in matters involving Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, RICO, bribery, and fraud. She has experience representing health care companies, and has performed internal investigations concerning false claims and anti-kickback issues. Among her clients are also lawyers and law firms in matters related to business practices and ethics and in defense of legal malpractice claims. She also counsels individuals on a variety of issues, including defamation based on political, religious, and other reasons.

Before joining Zuckerman Spaeder, Ms. Taylor worked for the District of Columbia’s Public Defender Service and on the investigation of former Secretary of Agriculture Mike Espy. She previously clerked for the Honorable Harry A. Blackmun, then associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, and for the Honorable Frank M. Coffin, then the chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals, 1st Circuit.

Ms. Taylor previously taught criminal law at the Georgetown University Law Center. She lectures on ethics issues for the District of Columbia Bar and has served on the District of Columbia Board on Professional Responsibility. In 2007, she received the Distinguished Pro Bono Achievement Award from the Minority Media and Telecommunications Council.

Experience

Defended a client who was acquitted in two separate trials involving tax and insurance fraud in the Western District of Virginia.
Currently representing a large international law firm in an ongoing malpractice matter.
Recently performed an internal investigation for a health care client resulting in recommendations regarding disclosure obligations.

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Advised a health care client on organizational restructuring to avoid anti-kickback issues.
Currently representing an individual in efforts to correct inaccurate reporting regarding his professional work.
Represented a Washington, DC law firm in a $30 million malpractice suit that was ultimately dismissed.
Represented a client in a multi-count RICO prosecution in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania; the government dismissed all corruption charges after three years of litigation, including one trial and two appeals.
Represented a major law firm against mail and wire fraud and other serious criminal charges.
Wrote an amicus brief in support of two cases before the U.S. Supreme Court involving challenges to the voluntary efforts of school districts to achieve and maintain diversity in the schools within their districts.
Represented individuals defamed because of their political and religious affiliations.
Wrote pretrial and appellate briefs on behalf of the president of the Salt Lake City Olympic Committee in a successful defense against charges arising from the selection of the city to host the 2002 Winter Olympic Games.
Argued cases on behalf of a Native American tribe in New York Supreme Court and Appellate Division, as well as the Second Circuit Court of Appeals.

EDUCATION

University of Virginia School of Law, J.D., 1982
Yale Divinity School, M.A., 1979
University of North Carolina, B.A., 1976, highest honors

COURT ADMISSIONS

U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, 3rd Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit
U.S. District Court, District of Columbia

BAR ADMISSIONS

District of Columbia

MEMBERSHIPS

American Law Institute
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
D.C. Bar, Board on Professional Responsibility, 1996-2002; Hearing Committee, 1988-94
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, CJA Panel Committee
Board of Directors, Frederick B. Abramson Memorial Foundation, 1997-2004