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About Lawrence Eric Taylor
- Lawrence Eric Taylor (born April 1, 1942) is an American attorney and author.
- A graduate of the University of California, Berkeley and UCLA School of Law, Taylor was a public defender and criminal prosecutor in Los Angeles County before entering private practice.
- He currently heads a law firm in California that limits its practice to drunk driving defense.
- Both Taylor and his law firm are ranked "A-V" ("very high to pre-eminent in legal ability and ethics") by the Martindale-Hubbell International Law Directory.
- Taylor and his law firm have also been recognized by Super Lawyers|Super Lawyers magazine for the years 2004 through 2012 as being among the top 5 percent of DUI defense attorneys.Taylor served in the United States Marine Corps from 1961 to 1964. He served as a Deputy District Attorney for Los Angeles County from 1970 to 1971 and as a Deputy Public Defender from 1971 to 1972.In the case of the People v.
- Charles Manson, Taylor was the trial court's legal advisor.
- He was also counsel to the California Supreme Court in the Onion Field murder case, and an independent Special Prosecutor retained by the Attorney General of Montana to conduct a one-year grand jury probe of government corruption from 1975 to 1976.
- Taylor was voted "professor of the year" during his tenure at Gonzaga University School of Law in Spokane, Washington from 1982 to 1985.
- He was also a Fulbright Professor of Law at Osaka University in Japan in 1985 and a visiting professor at Pepperdine University School of Law.He founded and served as dean of the National College for DUI Defense from 1995 to 1996.
- He has lectured at over 200 lawyers' seminars in 38 states.
- He is the author of 12 books, including the well-known textbook on the subject of DUI, now in its seventh edition.
- On July 25, 2002, Taylor was presented with the NCDD's "Lifetime Achievement Award" at Harvard Law School.
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