Taylor Ernst
Trial Attorney | Ernst Law Group
Taylor Ernst is a brain injury, personal injury and product liability trial lawyer and trial attorney at Ernst Law Group in San Luis Obispo, California.
Meet Taylor
Taylor Ernst is a trial attorney with Ernst Law Group in San Luis Obispo, California. His practice centers on traumatic brain injury and other catastrophic injury cases, and he also consults with other plaintiff lawyers on how to prepare and value brain injury claims.
His firm biography credits him with a $63 million jury verdict against Chevron that was recognized among the top verdicts of 2023, along with a $3.29 million verdict in a case where the final defense offer had been $100,000. The Daily Journal named him a California Lawyer Attorney of the Year in 2024. He is the author of The Ernst Way: The Definitive Guide to TBI Litigation, hosts the podcast TBI Lawyer Secrets and lectures widely on brain injury cases. The National Trial Lawyers lists him in its Top 100 for California.
According to his National Trial Lawyers profile, he grew up attending trial lawyer seminars with his family, worked for Congresswoman Lois Capps in the U.S. House of Representatives before law practice, and helped develop litigation over the unlawful disclosure of medical records. He lives in San Luis Obispo with his wife and daughter.
Experience and Expertise
Practice Areas
- California Lawyer Attorney of the Year, Daily Journal, 2024
- The National Trial Lawyers Top 100
- $63 Million Verdict: Jury verdict against Chevron, recognized among the Top Verdicts of 2023.
- $25 Million Confidential Recovery: Confidential result in a catastrophic injury case, listed among the results on his firm biography.
- $14 Million Recovery: Result in a highly disputed brain injury case.
- $12.5 Million Recovery: Result in a brain injury claim.
- $11.5 Million Recovery: Result in a highly contested, complex liability claim.
- $7.5 Million Recovery: Product liability case.
- $7.3 Million Recovery: Product liability case.
- $6.5 Million Settlement: Settlement against the City of San Francisco.
- $5.65 Million Verdict: Jury verdict in a case in which the defense had offered nothing.
- $5 Million Arbitration Award: Arbitration award listed on his firm biography.
- $4.45 Million Arbitration Award: Award issued by a defense arbitrator.
- $3.29 Million Verdict: Verdict against State Farm's largest outside defense firm after a final defense offer of $100,000.
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