Attorney Profile

Biographical Info:
HAL TAYLOR is admitted to practice in ILLINOIS, NEVADA, CALIFORNIA. He has over 18 years experience in professional licensing and administrative law and over 22 years litigation experience.

Previously he was legal counsel for the Nevada State Contractors Board, the Nevada State Optometry Board, and for over five years the Chief of Prosecutions - Business Professions for the Illinois Department of Professional Regulation, that state's umbrella regulatory agency. He will be a presenter in professional licensing law issues at next year's meeting of the Association of State Agency Attorneys and Administrators.

In addition to licensing law, Hal Taylor represents claimants in Social Security Disability claims, defendants in criminal matters, and parties to civil litigation. He also has extensive experience as an arbitrator.

ADMITTED TO PRACTICE

Illinois -	1980	No. 03127736
Nevada -	1991	No. 004399
California -	1993	No. 164354

U.S. District Courts:
Northern District of Illinois, Member, Trial Bar
District of Arizona
District of Nevada

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
U.S. Supreme Court

LEGAL EXPERIENCE
Hal Taylor, Attorney At Law, January, 1996, to present. Practicing primarily in representation before State and Federal agencies, criminal law, and civil litigation . In February of 1997, the firm became Hal Taylor & W. Kathleen Baker, Ltd. when W. Kathleen Baker became a partner in the firm. On September 1, 1999, Mr. Taylor became the in-house counsel for the State of Nevada Contractors' Board. On September 29, 2000, he resumed private practice. Former counsel for the Nevada State Board of Optometry. Associate: Robison, Belaustegui, Robb & Sharp, Reno,
October 1990 - January, 1996.
Litigation associate: general civil litigation, criminal law, professional licensure actions and administrative law. Illinois Department of Professional Regulation, May 1985 - October 1991.

Chief of Prosecutions - Business Professions Attorney, Design Professions Enforcement Unit Lead Prosecutor & Licensure Board Advisor for: Architects
Professional Engineers
Structural Engineers
Land Surveyors
Real Estate Brokers and Salespersons As Chief of Prosecutions - Business Professions, Mr. Taylor oversaw attorneys prosecuting Public Accountants and Real Estate Brokers and Salespersons, in addition to the Design Professions.

Additional Administrative Hearings: Medical negligence
Psychiatric negligence
Real Estate Act violations
Pharmacy Act violations

Associate: Schwartzberg, Barnett & Cohen, Chicago, 1980-1984,
Concentrating in civil litigation, including hearings before the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board, Illinois Department of Unemployment Compensation, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, administrative review of agency decisions.