Lisa Durham Taylor

Lisa Taylor brings a unique skill set and perspective to her law practice. She began her career as a lawyer in the Labor & Employment Law Practice Group at Alston & Bird LLP in Atlanta, Georgia, where she represented Fortune 500 companies in a wide variety of employment law matters. Among many other things, she litigated claims of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation under Title VII, the ADA, the ADEA, and the FMLA; she drafted and litigated claims related to restrictive covenants in employment law contracts; and she advised clients on such tricky personnel matters as reductions in force, employee leave requests, employee policies and employee compensation schemes. Although her future at the firm was bright, Lisa heeded the call to teach when it came knocking, and spent the next eleven years as a full-time member of the faculty at Atlanta's John Marshall Law School. While at AJMLS, Lisa taught courses in Civil Procedure, Employment Law, Contracts, and Remedies. In addition, she published six articles in major law review and gained experience as a speaker, not just inside the classroom on a weekly basis, but outside of it as well, presenting at various conferences and CLEs. Lisa brought together the experience she gained in BigLaw and the intellect she honed through more than a decade of law teaching, and combined them with her competitive and entrepreneurial spirit, to form Durham Taylor LLC in 2015. Through DT Law, Lisa provides employment law services primarily geared toward small and mid-sized businesses, litigation consulting to other small and solo lawyers, and appellate representation. Lisa completed her undergraduate studies at Cornell University in a self-designed program of study through the College of Arts & Science's Independent Major Program. She earned her law degree, cum laude, from the University of Georgia School of Law, where she competed in moot court and served as the Executive Articles Editor of the Georgia Law Review

Employment Law

Employee Benefits, Employment Contracts, Employment Discrimination, ERISA, Overtime & Unpaid Wages, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower, Wrongful Termination

Appeals & Appellate

Civil Appeals, Federal Appeals

• Litigation Consulting

Georgia

Since 2000

Member

Durham Taylor LLC

2015 - Current

Solo law practice offering employment law services, litigation consulting, and appellate representation.

Professor of Law

Atlanta's John Marshall Law School

2004 - 2016

Teaches courses in Civil Procedure and Employment Law

Associate

Alston & Bird LLP

2000 - 2004

Labor & employment law practice group

The University of Georgia School of Law

J.D. (2000)

1997 - 2000

Honors: cum laude

Activities: Law Review (Executive Articles Editor); Moot Court Board

Cornell University

B.A. (1995) | American Public Policy & Diversity

1991 - 1995

Georgia State Bar

Member

2000 - Current