South Carolina

W. Taylor Lacy
Associate Attorney

Taylor Lacy focuses his efforts on catastrophic injury and products liability litigation against diverse corporate defendants. He is responsible for legal research, discovery and assisting in the development of legal theories. Taylor currently represents families in the Charleston firefighter litigation against the Sofa Super Store, builders, contractors and furniture manufacturers.

As a member of Motley Rice’s vehicle defect team, Taylor litigates on behalf of victims of vehicle incidents caused by design defects, including vehicle rollover, occupant retention, seatback failure and park to reverse component systems. He also represents a proposed class of Maryland vehicle owners alleging consumer fraud claims against Chrysler, Ford, General Motors and Saturn.

As a law student, Taylor served as student research editor of the A.B.A. Real Property, Trust & Probate Journal, received multiple CALI awards, and was inducted into the Order of the Wig and Robe. He studied comparative law and history at University College, Oxford, and The University of Virginia, and transnational dispute resolution at Gray’s Inn in London. Taylor was a research assistant and student editor for Carolina Distinguished Professor of Law David G. Owen, assisting with the final preparations of Professor Owen’s Products Liability Law treatise. Taylor is a member of the American Association for Justice, American Bar Association, Charleston County Bar Association and South Carolina Association for Justice.