Office
Atlanta
Atlantic Station
201 17th Street NW, Suite 1700
Atlanta, GA 30363

Contact Details
Tel: 404.322.6156
Fax:
Email: taylor.daly@nelsonmullins.com

Education
Duke University School of Law
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Bar Admissions
Georgia

Taylor Tapley Daly is a partner of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP practicing in Atlanta in the areas of commercial litigation, product liability, dispute resolution and collaborative law.  Ms. Daly was admitted to the Bar in 1979. She represents business clients in cases involving breach of contract for sales and services, business disputes, property damage due to fire, flood or wind, shipping and freight claims, contractual indemnifications, insurance subrogation and bad faith claims.  She represents manufacturers of and dealers of products including medical devices, pharmaceuticals, recreational vehicles, food products, construction equipment, material handling equipment, scaffolding and personnel lifts, formaldehyde, children’s products, medical devices, and household products. In her practice, she has experience with complex medical and technical issues, with class action, multidistrict and multi-claim litigation involving medical devices, pharmaceuticals, formaldehyde, food products, and manufactured housing.  She has experience with product recalls and consumer warnings campaigns.  She has managed aspects of national and/or regional litigation for a variety of clients, which management responsibility included development of systems for investigation of claims, litigation processing, national defense strategies, local counsel networks, and national settlement strategies.  Ms. Daly has also handled numerous cases involving sexual misconduct including claims for negligent transmission of sexually transmitted diseases.

A registered Mediator/Arbitrator with the Georgia Supreme Court since the inception of that program in 1994, Ms. Daly is a member of the commercial arbitration and mediation rosters for the American Arbitration Association.  Ms. Daly is also a trained  collaborative law professional.  She serves regularly as a neutral in matters with substantial monetary damages at issue; in commercial cases involving breach of contracts for services, sales, employment, franchise, professional partnerships, freight claims and shipping, insurance coverage issues and bad faith; and in tort matters involving personal injury, slander/libel, and sexual misconduct. 

Ms. Daly’s recent speaking engagements include presentations on "Arbitration Myths and Realities, A Practical Guide for In-House Counsel" (Association of Corporate Counsel 2011), "Perspectives on Arbitration: Current Developments and Future Prospects" (Georgia Bar ICLE 2009) "Civil Collaborative Law Training", Trainer (Georgia Bar ICLE 2009); “Techniques in ADR”, (Association of Corporate Counsel, 2008); "Women and Negotiation" (Panelist, ABA's Dispute Resolution Section annual meeting, 2008 and Georgia Association of Women Lawyer's Leadership Academy, 2008); “Insurer Reservations of Rights and Duty to Defend Insured”, (2008); “Limitations of Liability and Indemnification Provisions in Contracts for Sales and Services”,(2008); "Drafting, Pitfalls, and Enforcement of Arbitration Provisions" (2008)."

Active in pro bono, Ms. Daly serves on the Board of the Georgia Appleseed Center for Law and Justice.  She serves as Nelson Mullins’ team leader for Georgia Appleseed's Effective Discipline in Public Schools and JUSTGeorgia (revisions to Georgia's Juvenile Code) projects.  She serves on the Board of the Atlanta Legal Aid Society and is the Administrator of the Atlanta Bar Dispute Resolution Lawyers Pro Bono Mediation Program for Atlanta Legal Aid.  She is active in the firm's Wills for Heroes program, which provides wills and health directives on a pro bono basis to firefighters, police officers and EMTs across the State of Georgia.  She has served as a facilitator for the Consortium on Negotiations and Conflict Resolution, College of Law, Georgia State University’s Program for Conflict Resolution in Public Schools and as pro bono legal counsel to the Maternal and Child Health Institute.

Ms. Daly is admitted to practice before all state and federal courts in Georgia, the U.S. Courts of Appeal for the Third and Eleventh Circuits, and the United States Supreme Court.  She is a member of the American Bar Association (Dispute Resolution and Litigation Sections), Georgia Bar Association (Board Member, Dispute Resolution Section, 2010 – present), Atlanta Bar Association (Board Member at Large 2006 – 2007; Atlanta Dispute Resolution Lawyers Section, Chair 2005 – 2006, Board Member 1999 - present), the Defense Research Institute, the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals, the Collaborative Law Institute of Georgia, and the National Association of Women Lawyers, and the Georgia Association of Women Lawyers.