Todd Taylor

Practice Areas:

     Todd Taylor emphasizes trial law, especially trials to juries, before which he has had a number of successes throughout his career. Mr. Taylor also has experience in appellate matters, including successfully arguing a case before the Colorado Supreme Court. He practices primarily in Weld County, but also handles cases in Larimer, Morgan, Logan, Denver, Arapahoe and Jefferson Counties.

     Todd Taylor practices primarily in the following areas of the law:

• Criminal Defense
• Family Law
• School Expulsions/Educational Rights

Reported Appellate Cases:

• People ex rel. B.C., 122 P.3d 1067 (Colo.App. 2005)
• People v. Rivas, 13 P.3d 315 (Colo. 2000)
• People v. Martinez, 987 P.2d 884 (Colo.App. 1999)
• People ex rel. Sullivan v. Swihart, 897 P.2d 892 (Colo. 1995)

Biography:

     Todd Taylor was born in Denver, Colorado on February 15, 1965, and graduated from Greeley Central High School. He attended the University of Colorado at Boulder, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree, magna cum laude in Humanities, and was a elected to Phi Beta Kappa. After interning for a year at the Office for Civil Rights in the the U.S. Department of Education in Washington, D.C., he entered law school at the Georgetown University Law Center. He graduated in May, 1991 with his Juris Doctor degree, receiving the American Jurisprudence Award by earning the highest grade in his class in the area of professional responsibility. He was admitted to practice law in the State of Colorado in December of 1991. He is also admitted to the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado.  

     Todd Taylor practiced law in Washington D.C. with the General Counsel's Office at the Legal Services Corporation, until September of 1992, when he was named a Deputy District Attorney in the District Attorney's Office for the 19th Judicial District (Weld County). He has practiced law in Weld County and northern Colorado continuously since that time, leaving the District Attorney's Office in July of 1997 to go into the private practice of law.   

     Todd Taylor is a member of the Colorado Criminal Defense Bar, the American Trial Lawyers Association, the Colorado Bar Association, and the Colorado Trial Lawyers Association.  He is a past board member of North Range Behavioral Health, Inc., and the Weld County Dream Team. When not working, he enjoys spending time with his family, woodworking, and fly-fishing.

     Todd Taylor is a founding partner of TAYLOR & RAPP, LLP.