Mr. Taylor is a full-time arbitrator and mediator, and immediate-past chair of the NYSBA Labor and Employment Section. He is a member of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers, the National Academy of Arbitrators, Cornell ILR Scheinman Institute’s Advisory Board, and the American Arbitration Association – ICDR Council. Mr. Taylor serves on AAA’s Labor, Employment, and Consumer Panels, the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, Scheinman Arbitration and Mediation Services, and New York State PERB Arbitration, Mediation, Interest Arbitration & Fact- finding Panels.
From 2009 until 2016, Mr. Taylor was an Assistant Professor of Law at the Sage Colleges and was named faculty member of the year for 2012-2013. From 2008 until 2019, he taught various courses at the State University of New York at Albany in the Department of Africana Studies and in the Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy, where he was named the “Outstanding Adjunct Faculty Member” for 2018-2019. He often lectures and advises on employment discrimination, civil rights, and decision making. He holds a Juris Doctor degree from Cornell University Law School. Mr. Taylor received his undergraduate degree from the University of South Carolina, cum laude. Mr. Taylor is admitted to practice in New York, Federal District Courts, and before the U.S. Supreme Court.