Diana C. Taylor
S.T. Legal Group
Diana Taylor focuses her practice on solving employment-related disputes for her clients. Whether assisting an employee or employer, Diana seeks to address these disputes from an approachable perspective. However, she has also successfully litigated and defended matters before various state courts, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, and employment-related administrative agencies.
Having begun her legal career in a litigation practice focusing on personal injury and contract disputes, she led litigation against individuals, small businesses, and professionals and served as a key contributor in multi-faceted litigation and disputes against corporate defendants including insurance carriers, car manufacturers, pharmaceutical manufacturers, hospitals, and international unions.
At Tulane University Law School, Taylor pursued a certificate in sports law, which emphasized contract, labor and employment, negotiation, and intellectual property issues. She has had several opportunities to work with these topics through work with New Orleans Saints, New Orleans Hornets, Friedman & Salisbury Sports Management LLC, and the Entertainment Law Legal Assistance Program. At Connecticut College, Taylor studied government and mathematics.
- Tulane University School of Law
- J.D. (2011)
- Certificate in Sports law
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- Connecticut College
- B.A. (2008)
- Honors: Cum Laude
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- Founder and Lead Attorney
- S.T. Legal Group
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- Attorney
- DeSanto Morgan & Taylor Law Group
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- The Pursuit: Why the NLRB’s Northwestern Decision will not end the NCAA
- The Docket, Vol. 21, No. 7
- Turning Back the Page: How Deregulating Information-Sharing in Negotiations Will Better Serve the Purposes of Ethical Codes, in Hot Topics in the Legal Profession
- Benefit Tulane PILF Series
- Aimed at the Goal?: The Sustainability of Major League Soccer’s Structure
- Willamette Sports Law Journal
- Rising Star
- Illinois Super Lawyers
- 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
- Illinois State Bar Association
- Member
- Current
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- Illinois
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- New York
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- United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
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- Employment Law
- Employee Benefits, Employment Contracts, Employment Discrimination, ERISA, Overtime & Unpaid Wages, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower, Wrongful Termination
- English