Bradley G. Taylor

Associate Attorney

Bradley G. Taylor has a diverse construction and business law background. He practices construction law in areas including: (i) construction contracts (federal, state, and private construction projects) (ii) construction lien and bond laws (federal, state, and private construction projects) (iii) closely-held corporations and partnerships, and (iv) real estate transactions and leases.

In addition to his construction law practice, Mr. Taylor represents a variety of business clients in their commercial transactions, business acquisitions, real property transactions and leases, collections, and corporate matters. He has experience working with the federal and Washington minority and small business programs, and Washington’s Franchise Act.

Prior to entering the practice of law, Mr. Taylor worked for six years as a construction claims analyst. During that time, he worked extensively in the areas of data evaluation and large volume document control, project scheduling, claims preparation, claims presentation, and litigation support. Mr. Taylor also worked as an estimator/engineer for S. J. Groves & Sons, Hydro Division in Bellevue, Washington, and as a field office engineer, foreman, and operating engineer for Jack B. Parson Construction Company, a heavy highway construction company located in Utah.

Mr. Taylor’s practice involves litigation or arbitration of disputes that cannot be resolved through negotiation or meditation.

Mr. Taylor’s previous work experience includes:

Bradley G. Taylor, P.S., Inc., Attorney at Law, Bellevue, Washington and Yakima, Washington, July 1992 to September 2006. Practitioner in the areas of construction, real estate, business, and commercial law; Specific experience: Construction contracts (federal, state, and private construction projects); Construction Lien and bond laws (federal, state, and private construction projects); closely-held corporations, partnerships, and limited liability companies; Business acquisitions and commercial transactions; Federal and Washington minority and small business programs; debtor/Creditor law; Real property transactions and boundary disputes; Washington’s Franchise Act; Agency law

Taylor & Hintze, Taylor & Kahn, and Robert Taylor & Company, Seattle, Washington, June 1989 to July 1992. Associate attorney practicing in the areas of construction and commercial law.

Professional Membership and Activities

Washington State Bar
Washington State Bar Alternative Dispute resolution Section: liaison between Bar Association and State Legislature
Construction Contracts & Public Procurement Section

Publications

Mr. Taylor co-authored and presented Federal Publications’ Washington State Environmental Law Manual and Seminar. He is the author of the Washington chapter of Aspen Law Publications’ Fifty State Construction Lien and Bond Law. He co-authored a manual and taught a seminar entitled Contracting for Profit in The 90’s.

Personal

Born May 14, 1958 in Sacramento, CA.
Mr. Taylor is married with two sons both of whom are in college. Brad grew up in a construction family in the Reno Nevada area and enjoys sailing, snow skiing, and golf.

Education

University of Puget Sound School of Law, (currently Seattle University School of Law), Juris Doctor, 1987
Washington State University, Bachelor of Science in Construction Management, 1982
Washington State University, Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, 1982

Court Admissions

Washington State Bar, 1989
Federal District Courts of Eastern Washington, 1990
Federal District Courts of Western Washington, 1989
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1989
United States Claims Court, 1989

Languages
English