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Darius O. Taylor
Of Counsel


Telephone
601.968.8571

Facsimile
601.968.8574



Darius Taylor is currently a member of the Mississippi Bar, Florida Bar, and is admitted to practice before both the Southern and Northern District Federal Courts of Mississippi. In addition, Darius is also admitted to practice before the Mississippi Supreme Court and Florida Supreme Court.

His experience as a civil litigator includes mediations, settlement conferences, motions hearings at all stages of litigation, bench and jury trials to verdict, discovery at all stages of litigation, appellate work, client counseling, providing insurance coverage opinions, and legal research from various jurisdictions.

Some of the results for his clients include:

  • Served as lead attorney in a trial that rendered a defense verdict on behalf of a third party defendant involving two public employees seeking damages encountered during an automobile accident.

  • Obtained a favorable settlement on behalf of a large retail department store in a premises liability case involving an injured party seeking damages in excess of $1.5 million dollars.

  • Significantly involved in massive multi-state lawsuits involving claims for injuries related to silica exposure. Represented a single client in over 900 lawsuits filed in both state and federal jurisdictions. Secured orders of dismissals and summary judgments in a majority of the filed lawsuits on behalf of the client. (In Re Silica Products Liability Litigation 398 F. Supp 2d 563 (2005)

  • Successfully defended the appeal of a default judgment to the Mississippi Court of Appeals (Leach v. Shelter Insurance et. al 909 So.2d 1283 Miss. App. 2005