Laura S. Taylor
How Judge Taylor rules, drawn from 23 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Taylor no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
How Judge Taylor decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
Specific corroborating evidence matters when a party relies on claimed advice or good-faith explanations; the absence of testimony from the lawyer who allegedly advised the debtor weakened that defense.
“The attorney handling the UD Action did not testify.”
Procedural preferences
A proposed Chapter 13 modification must account for accrued plan defaults and the statutory hardship-discharge and dismissal remedies rather than erase missed obligations retroactively.
“The Debtors are asking the Court to read into the Code an ability to grant a discharge after missing plan payments but without engaging in the hardship discharge analysis.”
Cautions
Claim components should be supported with itemized evidence; unspecified costs may be disallowed even when other portions of the claim are allowed.
“Summit sought recovery of $480 in unspecified costs. It has never documented these costs or explained them.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“Plaintiffs claim based on the UD Judgment is nondischargeable.”
“The Court, having reviewed the matter thoroughly, will now sustain the claim objection in part and overrule it in part as follows.”
“Based on the foregoing, the Court denies the Debtors' motion to approve and confirm the New Plan.”
“Based on the foregoing, the Court declines to impose sanctions on Creditors.”
“The Court finds that the Probate Judgment was discharged in Michael's bankruptcy case.”
“For the reasons set forth above, the Court grants Trilliant's motion to dismiss lngenu's Fifth Cause of Action for intentional interference with prospective economic relations.”
“The Court determines that the facts as pled in the initial complaint do not support a determination of a violation of the automatic stay as a matter of law.”
“Having considered all of the evidence presented at trial and the arguments made, the Court finds for the Defendant on the cause of action under section 523(a)(2)(A).”
“For the reasons set forth above the Court denies Debtor's Motion.”
“The Court requires payment to Debtor of $17,000.00 in 60 days in order to allow the Firm to address any liquidity issues.”
“For the reasons set forth above, the Court denies the Motion to Abstain at this point and denies the Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment and grants summary judgment on these legal issues to the Trustee. The Court also denies the Trustee's Motion for Summary Judgment on the intent and damages issues.”
“PIR had the burden of proof here; it failed to meet it in the main.”
A historical record
Judge Taylor no longer hears cases. This profile stays available as a record of how they ruled. If you're preparing for a matter, start from the court's current bench.