Taylor & Levesque, LLC

Michael Taylor

Attorney Taylor has over 30 years of experience conducting all aspects of appellate civil litigation in the Connecticut Appellate and Supreme Courts, and in the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. Attorney Taylor also counsels clients and attorneys before and during trial regarding the identification and preservation of issues for appeal, on insurance coverage matters, and in professional responsibility proceedings

Credentials

  • J.D., University of Connecticut School of Law, 1994
  • B.A., cum laude, University of Connecticut, 1991

Bar Admissions

  • State of Connecticut, 1994
  • United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, 1995
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1997
  • United States Supreme Court, 2002
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 2019

Distinctions

  • AV Peer Review Rated, Martindale Hubbell
  • Listed in Super Lawyers, Since 2009

Representative Cases

  • Berglass v. Dworkin, 239 Conn. App. 413 (2026)
  • Cruz v. Spec Personnel, LLC, 239 Conn. App. 232 (2026)
  • DeCicco v. Dynata, LLC, 354 Conn. 51 (2026)
  • Berglass v. Dworkin, 234 Conn. App. 834 (2025)
  • McGee v. 456 Sackett WDS Associates, LLC, 234 Conn. App. 362 (2025)
  • Stanford v. Nogiec, 233 Conn. App. 862 (2025)
  • Simpson v. Simpson, 352 Conn. 81 (2025)
  • Haworth Country Club, LLC v. United Bank, 226 Conn. App 665 (2024)
  • DeCicco v. Dynata LLC, 225 Conn. App. 725 (2024)
  • Lyons v. Birmingham Law Office, LLC, 224 Conn. App. 758 (2024)
  • Manginelli v. Regency House of Wallingford, Inc., 347 Conn. 581 (2023)
  • Curley v. Phoenix Insurance Company, 220 Conn. App. 732 (2023)
  • Seder v. Errato, 211 Conn. App. 167 (2022
  • Wheeler v. Beachcroft, LLC, 210 Conn. App. 725 (2022)
  • Meribear Productions, Inc. v. Frank, 340 Conn. 711 (2021)
  • DeLeo v. Equale & Cirone, LLP, 202 Conn. App. 650, 336 Conn. 927 (2021)
  • Alpha Beta Capital Partners, L.P. v. Pursuit Inv. Mgmt., LLC, 198 Conn. App. 671 (2020)
  • Meribear Productions, Inc. v. Frank, 193 Conn. App. 598 (2019)
  • Alpha Beta Capital Partners, L.P. v. Pursuit Investment Management, LLC, 193 Conn. App. 381 (2019)
  • State v. Norman P., 329 Conn. 440 (2018)
  • Meribear Productions, Inc. v. Frank, 328 Conn. 709 (2018)
  • In re Damian G., 178 Conn. App. 220 (2017)
  • In re Natalie S., 325 Conn. 833 (2017)
  • In re Natalie S., 325 Conn. 849 (2017)
  • In re Oreoluwa O., 321 Conn. 523 (2016)
  • NPC Offices, LLC v. Kowaleski, 320 Conn. 519 (2016)
  • In re: Cassandra C., 316 Conn. 476 (2015)
  • R.I. Pools, Inc. v. Paramount Concrete, Inc., 149 Conn. App. 839 (2014)
  • In re: Jessica M., 303 Conn. 584 (2012)
  • In re: Jose B., 303 Conn. 569 (2012)
  • Francis v. Fonfara, 303 Conn. 292 (2012)
  • Brown v. Brown, 130 Conn. App. 522 (2011)
  • Harley  v. Indian Spring Land Co., 123 Conn. App. 800 (2010)
  • In re: Jazmine B., 121 Conn. App. 376 (2010)
  • Newman v. Planning and Zoning Commission, 293 Conn. 209 (2009)
  • Royal Indemnity Co. v. Terra Firma, Inc., 287 Conn. 183 (2008)
  • Maritime Ventures v. City of Norwalk, 277 Conn. 800 (2006)
  • Knapp v. Knapp, 270 Conn. 815 (2004)
  • Wentland v. American Equity Ins. Co., 267 Conn. 592 (2004)
  • Miller v. Egan, 265 Conn. 301 (2003)
  • Maritime Ventures v. City of Norwalk, 85 Conn. App. 38 (2004)
  • Murray v. Murray, 65 Conn. App. 90 (2001)
  • Hartford Ins. Co. v. Colonial Ins. Co., 58 Conn. App. 39 (2000)

Authorship

  • Co-author, “Connecticut Insurance Law,” Connecticut Law Tribune, 2013
  • Co-author, “The Encyclopedia of Connecticut Causes of Action,” American Lawyer Media
  • Co-author, “Connecticut Superior Court Civil Rules”, Thomson Reuters
  • Co-author, “Connecticut Juvenile Law,” Thomson Reuters

Membership

  • America Bar Association, Judicial Division, Council of Appellate lawyers
  • Connecticut Bar Association
    • Appellate Practice Section
    • Litigation Section
  • Hartford County Bar Association