Admissions

• To the practice of law in Texas
• Certified Public Accountant—Texas, 1976

Professional Affiliations

• Board Certified in Estate Planning and Probate Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization
• Named for more than 10 years as one of the Best Lawyers in America® 2012, as published by Woodward/White, Inc.
• Recognized by Law & Politics and Texas Monthly magazine as a Texas Super Lawyer in the area of Estate Planning and Probate (2003-2011)
• Listed by Scene in SA Monthly magazine as one of San Antonio’s Best Trust and Estate Planning Attorneys (2005-2007, 2009)
• American Bar Association
  • Committee on Estate and Gift Taxes
• American College of Trust and Estate Counsel
• State Bar of Texas
  • Committee on Real Estate, Probate, and Trust Law
• Texas Bar Foundation and San Antonio Bar Foundation, Life Fellow 
• Phi Delta Phi, Barristers, Fellow
• American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
• Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants
• San Antonio Chapter of Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants
  • Committee for Cooperation with Attorneys, Past Chairman 
• San Antonio Bar Association
  • Corporate Counsel Committee, Past Chairman
  • Continuing Legal Education Committee, Past Vice Chairman
  • San Antonio Bar Foundation Committee, Past Chairman
• San Antonio Estate Planners Council, President (2000-2001) 
• San Antonio Young Lawyers Association
  • Committee for Cooperation with CPAs, Past Chairman

Additional Information
Taylor currently serves in the firm’s Estate Planning & Probate Practice. His previous experience includes acting as Chief of Economic Development and Transportation Section of Texas Governor’s Budget and Planning Office from 1973 to 1977.

Civic Activities

• Corazon Ministries, Inc., Immediate Past President and current Director
• Methodist Healthcare System of San Antonio, Ltd.
  • Board of Governors
  • Past President
• Methodist Healthcare Ministries
  • Board of Trustees
  • Honorary Member
  • President
• San Antonio Area Foundation
  • Trustee appointed by San Antonio Bar Association
• American Diabetes Association, Alamo Area Chapter
  • Board of Directors
  • Past Chairman of Development Committee
• American Diabetes Association, Texas Affiliate, Inc.
  • Board of Directors
  • Past Chairman for Development
• Boysville, Inc. San Antonio, Texas
  • Board of Directors 
• UTSA School of Business
  • Board of Directors
  • Advisory Council of the College of Business
• Hospice San Antonio
  • President 
• Funding Information Center
  • President
• United Way of San Antonio
  • Chairman of Fund Distribution Committee

Religious Activities 

• Ordained Deacon in the Southwest Texas Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church, June 2008 
• Travis Park United Methodist Church, San Antonio, Texas, Associate Pastor