David F. Taylor - Lawyer in Seattle, WA

Dave Taylor has 25 years

of experience as a trial lawyer and litigator. Companies and management

regularly retain Dave to lead their defense in high-stakes litigation and

investigations, including False Claims Act litigation, Securities and Exchange

Commission (SEC) enforcement matters, securities and corporate governance

litigation, corporate white collar criminal matters, commercial disputes, and

civil fraud and Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization (RICO)

actions. Dave's recent successes include the defense of a FORTUNE 100 company

in a $720 million False Claim Act case, the defense of a senior corporate

officer in securities-related investigations and litigation arising from the

collapse of the country's largest mortgage lender, the defense a FORTUNE 100

biotechnology company in a federal grand jury investigation under the False

Claims Act, and the defense of a FORTUNE 200 company in an SEC enforcement

investigation for alleged accounting improprieties.

A former assistant

U.S. attorney and former Co-Chair of the firm's White Collar

Investigations practice, Dave also leads internal corporate investigations and

advises clients concerning corporate governance, directors and officers

liability, employee misconduct and fraud, and the design and implementation of

corporate compliance programs.

Dave has been recognized as a «Best Lawyer

in America» and as a «Washington Super Lawyer». In 2006, he was recognized as

«Washington's Civil Libertarian of the Year» for groundbreaking litigation to

secure the Constitutional rights of indigent criminal defendants. A winner of

the «Burton Award for Legal Writing», Dave regularly writes

and speaks

on matters relevant to high stakes litigation, enforcement and investigations.