Lawrence Eric Taylor
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Lawrence Eric Taylor (born April 1, 1942) is an attorney
Lawyer
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and author
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. A graduate of the University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
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and UCLA School of Law
UCLA School of Law
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, Taylor was a public defender and criminal prosecutor in Los Angeles County before entering private practice. He currently heads a law firm in California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
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 magazine for the years 2004 through 2008 as being among the top 5 percent of DUI defense attorneys.
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
The Onion Field
The Onion Field is a 1973 nonfiction book by Joseph Wambaugh, a sergeant for the Los Angeles Police Department, chronicling the kidnapping of two plainclothes LAPD officers by a pair of criminals during an evening traffic stop and the subsequent murder of Officer Ian James Campbell.- Crime :On the...
murder case, and an independent Special Prosecutor
Special prosecutor
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retained by the Attorney General of Montana
Montana
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to conduct a one-year grand jury
Grand jury
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probe of government corruption. Taylor was voted "professor of the year" during his tenure at Gonzaga University School of Law
Gonzaga University School of Law
The Gonzaga University School of Law is one of the professional graduate schools of Gonzaga University, located in Spokane, Washington, USA. Established in 1912, the law school is viewed as a strong institution in the Pacific Northwest, and is the only law school in the State of Washington...
. He was also a Fulbright Professor of Law at Osaka University
Osaka University
, or , is a major national university located in Osaka, Japan. It is the sixth oldest university in Japan as the Osaka Prefectural Medical College, and formerly one of the Imperial Universities of Japan...
in Japan
Japan
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and a visiting professor at Pepperdine University School of Law
Pepperdine University School of Law
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A founder and former dean of the National College for DUI Defense
National College for DUI Defense
The National College for DUI Defense is a professional, non-profit corporation dedicated to the improvement of the criminal defense bar, and to the dissemination of information to the public about drunk driving law and related issues...
, Taylor has lectured at over 200 lawyers' seminars in 38 states. He is the author of 15 books, including the well-known textbook on the subject of DUI
DUI
DUI is a three letter acronym that may stand for:* Driving under the influence * Democratic Union for Integration — the largest ethnic Albanian party in the Republic of Macedonia* Data Use Identifier...
, now in its seventh edition. On July 25, 2002, Taylor was presented with the NCDD's "Lifetime Achievement Award" at Harvard Law School
Harvard Law School
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Books
- Drunk Driving Defense 7th Edition. (Wolters Kluwer Law & Business/Aspen Publishers ISBN 0-7355-5429-3)(Co-authored with Steven ObermanSteven ObermanSteven Oberman is an American attorney, author, and teacher. He is the managing attorney at the Oberman & Rice Law Firm in Knoxville, Tennessee, where he has been designated a specialist in the area of Driving Under the Influence Defense Law by the Tennessee Commission on Continuing Legal...
beginning with the 5th edition) - Born to Crime (Greenwood Press ISBN 0-313-24172-4)
- California Drunk Driving Defense, 3rd Edition (West ISBN 0-314-26005-6)
- The D.A.: A True Story (William Morrow ISBN 0-688-11731-7)
- Eyewitness Identification (Michie ISBN 0-87215-423-8)
- Handling Criminal Appeals (West ISBN 0-685-59836-5)
- Scientific Interrogation (Michie ISBN 0-87215-685-0)
- Setting Sail (Icarus ISBN 0-98651-700-4)
- To Honor and Obey (William Morrow ISBN 0-688-09854-1)
- Trail of the Fox (Simon and Schuster ISBN 0-671-25227-5)
- A Trial of Generals (Icarus ISBN 0-89651-775-6)
- Witness Immunity (Charles C.Thomas ISBN 0-398-04765-0)