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Taylor Gaines

Taylor Gaines

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Senior Trial Attorney at Batta Fulkerson Law Group
San Diego, CAAdmitted 2012

About Taylor Gaines

Taylor Gaines is a Senior Trial Attorney at Batta Fulkerson Law Group. A San Diego native, he earned a Bachelor of Arts from San Diego State University in 2008 and a Juris Doctor from California Western School of Law in 2012. He was admitted to the California bar in 2012. After law school, Gaines spent more than five years at the San Diego Public Defender's Office, where he completed over 50 jury trials on matters ranging from misdemeanors to homicides.

He then moved to civil plaintiff work, bringing his trial experience to personal injury litigation at Batta Fulkerson. His practice focuses on car accidents, general personal injury, and courtroom litigation, and he has completed 51 jury trial cases. The firm was voted the top personal injury firm in San Diego by the San Diego Union Tribune.

Proven verdicts and settlements

$7.5 millionSettlement

A Ventura County jury awarded $10 million after a corporate van driver executed an illegal U-turn into a painter's path, leaving him needing a cervical fusion four years later; the case settled for $7.5 million when the defense's life care planner admitted on cross-examination to using ChatGPT for her cost estimates.

Ventura Superior Court (Case No. 56-2021-00551735-CU-PA-VTA) · 2025Car AccidentsRead the full story →
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Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

California Western School of Law
J.D., 2012
San Diego State University
Undergraduate, 2008

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of California, admitted 2012

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