Michael Wilson Taylor Attorney at Law

BACKGROUND 

Michael Wilson Taylor grew up in Hartsville, Tennessee, where he attended Trousdale County High School. During those formative years, and for most of the following summers, he spent a great deal of time on his family’s tobacco farm, gaining invaluable experience and a genuine appreciation for a hard day’s work.
    Soon after beginning his studies at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, in the fall of 1994, as a history major and an active member of Sigma Nu Fraternity, Michael worked with various organizations in improving the lives of many unfortunate people in the Knox County area, and he attained a greater perspective of the problems and goals most people share.
      After graduating from UT, Michael began to pursue a law degree at Nashville School of Law, during which time he also served as a clerk for a firm in his hometown of Hartsville. In the winter of 2006, having passed the bar exam on his first attempt, he established a private practice in Lafayette, Tennessee. From there, Michael was court appointed by general sessions, juvenile, circuit and chancery courts of Macon and surrounding counties to serve as guardian ad litem, conservator, and criminal defense counsel in a number of cases, while also resolving divorce cases, various property disputes, and other civil litigation.
      In the summer of 2008, Michael began working as an assistant public defender for the Fifteenth Judicial District of Tennessee. As a champion of the underprivileged, Michael was able to provide legal counsel to people of limited means, and to serve as a voice for many who were unable to speak for themselves. Michael’s primary objective is to continue to zealously and ethically protect his clients’ interests, and to work diligently to secure optimal results.  

Practice Area

• Real Estate
• Estate Planning & Family Law
• Criminal Law
• Civil Litigation
• Probate