Rafe Taylor
Partner
Phone: 713-860-0520
PROFILE
Rafe Taylor has served as the managing partner for Trent & Taylor L.L.P. for more than eight years. He has acted as trial counsel in numerous complex civil litigation matters, involving all types of high exposure damages such as wrongful death, brain damage and quadriplegia. His experience includes product liability cases involving tires, automobile seat components, elevators/escalators, agricultural/heavy industrial equipment, and numerous medical devices – to name a few. His experience also includes defense of medical malpractice, premises liability, residential and commercial construction, theft of trade secrets, and commercial litigation cases.
Rafe has skillfully navigated clients through the discovery, mediation, arbitration and trial processes. In his capacity as a regional counsel for product manufacturers, he has litigated in many venues in the United States other than Texas, including California, Connecticut, Delaware, Kansas, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, Rhode Island and Wisconsin.
Rafe has repeatedly been name as a SuperLawyer in the State of Texas.
ADMITTED TO PRACTICE
- State Bar of Texas
- U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
EDUCATION
- University of Texas, 1990, with Honors
- University of Houston Law Center, J.D., 1993
ASSOCIATIONS
- Houston Bar Association, Life Fellow
- Texas Association of Defense Counsel
- International Association of Defense Counsel
- Defense Counsel Institute, Member
- Student Bar Association President
- Speaker/Presenter for American Conference Institute’s conference on Automotive Product Liability Litigation
- Speaker/Presenter for State Bar of Texas – Paralegal Division
- University of Houston Distinguished Service Award
- Honored as a "Texas Super Lawyer", 2017-2019
AREAS OF PRACTICE
PUBLICATIONS/PRESENTATIONS
14th Court of Appeals Grants Favorable Opinion
Appeals Court Upholds Lower Court Judgment on Products Liability Case
Defense Verdict for our Client
JTWT Partner Presents at Automotive Product Liability Litigation Seminiar
Rafe Taylor Authors Article Presented at American Conference Institute's Second Annual Forum
Rafe Taylor is Honored by Texas Bar Foundation
Rafe Taylor Speaks at American Conference Summit
Rafe Taylor Speaks at the American Conference Institute's Premier Forum