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About Sam E. Taylor
Sam E. Taylor II joined the Lanier Law Firm in 2014 and serves as Senior Litigation Counsel at the firm. Sam has been board-certified in Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization for over 25 years and board-certified in Civil Trial Law by the National Board of Trial Advocacy for over 24 years. Additionally, he has received statewide recognition. In statewide surveys published in Texas Monthly magazine, Mr. Taylor was named one of the Top Attorneys in Texas, and he has been selected to the Texas Super Lawyers list every year since 2008.
Less than 5% of the attorneys in Texas are chosen for the Texas Super Lawyers. Sam has also achieved an AV Preeminent Rating for over 25 consecutive years through a strenuous peer review rating process by Martindale-Hubbell, the premier attorney rating service in the United States. An AV Preeminent Rating is the highest possible in legal ability and ethical standards. Recently, Mr. Taylor was nominated and selected as a Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation.
Mr. Taylor attended law school at the University of Texas School of Law. While in law school, he worked in the opinions division of the Texas Attorney General’s Office. While attending undergraduate school at Tarleton State University, Mr. Taylor obtained invaluable experience in government when he dedicated a semester to working full time as an administrative assistan
Proven verdicts and settlements at The Lanier Law Firm
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A St. Louis jury in July 2018 awarded 22 women and their families $4.69 billion, the largest U.S. verdict of that year, finding that asbestos in Johnson & Johnson's talcum powder products caused ovarian cancer; a Missouri appellate court upheld $2.11 billion in 2020.
After a six-week federal trial, a jury found three of the nation's largest retail pharmacy chains created a public nuisance by flooding Lake and Trumbull Counties, Ohio with opioid pills, and a judge ordered $650 million to fund a 15-year abatement plan.
A Dallas federal jury awarded $1.04 billion to six California patients harmed by Johnson and Johnson's metal-on-metal Pinnacle hip implants, with W. Mark Lanier leading an eight-week trial that produced one of the largest product-liability verdicts of 2016.
Hours before opening arguments in the first federal opioid bellwether trial, Cuyahoga and Summit counties in Ohio secured a $260 million settlement from distributors AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health, and McKesson, plus manufacturer Teva.
A Dallas federal jury awarded six New York patients $247 million against Johnson and Johnson and its DePuy unit, finding that the metal-on-metal Pinnacle hip implant system was defectively designed and that the company concealed known risks from patients and surgeons.
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