Marshall W. Taylor

Marshall W. Taylor has been practicing law since 1975, beginning with seven-year employment with the Internal Revenue Service as a senior trial attorney. While working for the government, Taylor specialized in tax shelter matters as well as larger corporate and estate-planning affairs. Taylor traveled widely for the government as tax law and trial procedure instructor. Among the numerous prominent trial court opinions successfully litigated by Taylor on behalf of the government was Lorne Greene v. Commissioner and Clougherty Packing Company v. Commissioner.

After leaving government service in 1985, Taylor founded a law office in Claremont and within a year expanded into its present form as the partnership of Taylor, Simonson & Winter LLP. Taylor handles white-collar criminal representation, audit and collection matters, and major tax litigation, with emphasis on estate tax matters. In recognition of his practice achievements, Taylor was selected by the Los Angeles Times as one of the area’s best attorneys.