Wayne D. Taylor

Background

About Wayne D. Taylor

For the past 39 years, I have maintained a national practice representing insurers primarily in sophisticated insurance coverage and bad faith matters, including commercial property and business interruption (including COVID-19), bad faith and extra-contractual litigation, excess and surplus lines coverage, builder’s risk, boiler and machinery, suspected arson and fraudulent claims, Chinese drywall, domestic intrastate and interstate truck carrier liability, warehouseman’s legal liability, and jewelers block. I have extensive experience in third-party liability coverage analysis and litigation, including environmental and complex torts, directors and officers, professional liability, advertising injury, construction defects, and employment practices. I have handled substantial property loss claims throughout the United States, including claims related to major catastrophes such as 9/11, the 2004 Florida hurricanes, the Oklahoma and Alabama tornados, Superstorm Sandy in 2012, and Hurricanes Katrina, Ike, Matthew, Irma, Michael, Sally, Zeta and Ian. I advise on claims related to real property of virtually every scale, ranging from homeowner’s claims to claims on shopping malls, hotels, high rise buildings, manufacturing facilities, and major sports venues around the country. Recent engagements include a claim of more than $16 million in New York and hurricane related claims totaling more than $500 million in Florida and Alabama. I am a trained and certified mediator, specializing in insurance coverage disputes, and a certified appraisal umpire. I am a Fellow of the American College of Coverage Counsel, recently serving as its President, and was the recipient of the Thomas F. Segalla Service Award in 2016. I also am a Senior Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America. I have been recognized as a Georgia "Super Lawyer" since 2014, and was named one of the Top 100 Lawyers in Georgia in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022 and 2024. I also have been recognized for inclusion in Best Lawyers of America since 2016. I am a WIND Fellow of the Windstorm Insurance Network, currently serving as its President, and received the Presidential Recognition Award in 2018. I was named an Attorney to Watch in 2018 by Attorney at Law Magazine. I am the co-author of "Unique Coverage Issues in Flood Losses," published in the Winter 2013 issue of the Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Law Journal, 48 Tort Trial & Ins. Prac. L. J. I lecture frequently to lawyers and insurance professionals throughout the country on a wide range of topics involving insurance coverage and bad faith.