ZUCKERMAN SPAEDER NAMED TOP FIVE LITIGATION BOUTIQUE BY THE AMERICAN LAWYER
William Taylor's practice focuses on white collar crime and regulatory matters, commercial litigation, and Native American rights. With more than 25 years of experience in private practice as a civil and criminal litigator, he has represented individuals and entities involved in defense procurement, antitrust, environmental, health care, securities, and tax investigations. He has tried numerous civil and criminal cases in state and federal courts.
His clients include current and former public officials, lawyers, and law firms. Mr. Taylor represented the Chief of Staff to President Clinton, the Finance Chair of the Democratic National Committee and other public officials in the Whitewater and DNC fundraising investigations. He represented Senator Alan Cranston of California in proceedings before the Senate Ethics Committee, arising from the collapse of the Lincoln Savings & Loan Association. He represented the former president of the Salt Lake City Olympic Committee in his successful defense against federal charges arising from the selection of Salt Lake City as the site for the 2002 Winter Olympic Games. He is counsel to the Oneida Indian Nation of New York in its land claim and other litigation.
Before joining Zuckerman Spaeder, Mr. Taylor was a Staff Attorney and Special Assistant for Training at the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia. He was a law clerk for the Honorable Caleb M. Wright, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware. He has been a Visiting Professor at the University of North Carolina Law School and an adjunct faculty member at Catholic University and George Washington University Law Schools.
MEMBERSHIPS
Member, Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Rules of Evidence
Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers
Former Member, Board of Directors, Center for Death Penalty Litigation
Board of Directors, Fair Trial Initiative
Former Member and Chair, Board of Trustees, Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia
Former Member and Chair, District of Columbia Commission on Judicial Disabilities and Tenure
Former Member and Chair, American Bar Association, Criminal Justice Section