The Law Offices of Lawrence Taylor, Inc.

Orange County DUI Lawyer Lawrence Taylor

From active service as a Marine to serving as Supreme Court counsel, Lawrence Taylor brings his thirty-seven years of experience to Orange County. He has published over thirty articles and thirteen books, including the industry standard text on DUI / DWI litigation, Drunk Driving Defense, 6th edition (N.Y.: Aspen Law and Business) and California Drunk Driving Defense, 3rd edition (St. Paul, MN: West Publishing). He is one of only four lawyers in California who are Board-certified as DUI defense specialists.

With a California based education, from UC Berkeley and the UCLA School of Law, Mr. Taylor served as deputy public defender and deputy district attorney in Los Angeles before entering private practice. He was the trial judge's legal advisor in People vs Charles Manson, was Supreme Court counsel in the Onion Field murder case, and conducted a one year grand jury probe of governmental corruption.

Afterwards Mr. Taylor began teaching at Gonzaga Univsersity School of Law. During his tenure there he was voted Professor of the Year, was requested to be a Visiting Professor at Pepperdine University Law School, and was appointed Fulbright Professor of Law at Osaka University in Japan.

Mr. Taylor's success over the last twenty-five years has been widespread. He has lectured at over two hundred seminars in thirty-eight states, including those sponsored by the American Bar Association, American Association for Justice (formally the Association of Trial Lawyers of America), National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and numerous state bar associations including the California State Bar. The National College for DUI Defense was founded with his support as one of the original founders, where he was elected Dean and served on the Board of Regents. He is listed in Who's Who in American Law and in The Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers, and has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Orange Coast Magazine, The Los Angeles Times, The American Bar Association Journal, USA Today, The National Law Journal, The Christian Science Monitor and Lawyer's Weekly USA, as well as numerous television and radio programs.

Currently, Mr. Taylor is a member of the United States Supreme Court Bar, California State Bar, Los Angeles County Bar Association, Orange County Bar Association and National College for DUI Defense. He also writes a DUI blog site with information on the defects, fallacies, and Constitutional damage of the war on drunk driving.

On July 25, 2002, at Harvard Law School, Mr. Taylor's service to his country and profession was recognized with the National College's Lifetime Achievement Award.