Lawrence Taylor - Long Beach, CA
Attorney at The Law Offices of Taylor & Taylor
DUI Lawyers in Long Beach, CA
Kilroy Airport Center 3780 Kilroy Airport Way Suite 310 Long Beach, CA 90806
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Long Beach DUI Lawyer
Updated: 05/06/2026
Areas of Practice
- DUI
Attorney Information
Overview
A former Marine and graduate of the University of California at Berkeley (1966) and the UCLA School of Law (1969), Lawrence Eric Taylor served as deputy public defender and deputy district attorney in Los Angeles before entering private practice. He was the trial judge's legal advisor in People vs Charles Manson, was Supreme Court counsel in the Onion Field murder case and was retained by the Attorney General of Montana as an independent Special Prosecutor to conduct a one-year grand jury probe of governmental corruption.
Turning to teaching, Mr. Taylor served on the faculty of Gonzaga University School of Law, where he was voted Professor of the Year, was invited to be Visiting Professor at Pepperdine University Law School, and was finally appointed Fulbright Professor of Law at Osaka University in Japan.
With over 44 years of experience, Lawrence Taylor is the author of over thirty articles and 12 books, including the standard text on DUI / DWI litigation, Drunk Driving Defense, 7th edition (N.Y.: Aspen Law and Business) andCalifornia Drunk Driving Defense, 4th edition (St. Paul, MN: West Publishing). He is one of only 5 DUI attorneys in California who is Board-certified as a DUI defense specialist.
Over the past twenty-five years Mr. Taylor has proven a popular lecturer on DUI trial techniques and constitutional issues at over 200 CLE seminars in 38 states, including those sponsored by the American Bar Association, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and numerous state bar associations including the California State Bar. He was one of the original ten founders of the National College for DUI Defense, served on the Board of Regents and was elected Dean for 1995-1996. On July 25, 2002, at Harvard Law School, Mr. Taylor was presented with the National College's Richard Erwin Lifetime Achievement Award.
(Taylor) excels at trial preparation and tactics....His expertise is incomparable."Trial" (Assoc. of Trial Lawyers of America) Larry Taylor is recognized as one of the finest DUI trial tacticians in the country.Editor, "California DUI Report" Lawrence Taylor is one of the top DUI lawyers in the U.S. today.Editor, "Drinking/Driving Law Letter" Taylor's patented approach to crossing the cop....can be regarded as so fundamental that newer drunk driving defense practitioners may not be aware that he was its originator."The Champion" (Nat'l Assoc. of Criminal Defense Lawyers)
Mr. Taylor is a member of the United States Supreme Court Bar, California State Bar, Los Angeles County Bar Association, Orange County Bar Association and National College for DUI Defense. He maintains a personal DUI blogsite with commentary on the defects, fallacies and Constitutional damage of the war on drunk driving.
Awards and Honors
Honors
- Professor of the Year, Gonzaga University School of Law, 1983 - 1984
- Fulbright Professor of Law, Osaka University in Japan
- Who's Who In American Law
- Featured in The Wall Street Journal
- Featured in USA Today
- Featured in The National Law Journal
- Featured in Lawyer's Weekly USA
- "Lifetime achievement award" - National College for DUI Defense, 2002
- Supreme Court counsel in the Onion Field murder case
Education
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Legal Education
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University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Law,
Los Angeles,
California, 1969
J.D.
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University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Law,
Los Angeles,
California, 1969
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Non Legal Education
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University of California,
Berkeley,
California, 1966
B.A.
Major: History
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University of California,
Berkeley,
California, 1966
Current Employment Position(s)
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Owner
Past Positions
- County of Los Angeles, Deputy Public Defender
- District Attorney's Office, Los Angeles, Deputy District Attorney, 1972 - 1974
- Gonzaga University School of Law, Associate Professor of Law, 1981 - 1984
- Pepperdine University Law School, Visiting Associate Professor of Law
- Attorney General of Montana, Special Prosecutor
Classes and Seminars
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Lecturer, DWI Trial Techniques, American Bar Association
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Lecturer, DWI Trial Techniques, Association of Trial Lawyers of America
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Lecturer, DWI Trial Techniques, Over 200 law Seminars in 38 States, 1979 - 2015
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Faculty, Gonzaga University School of Law
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Visiting Professor, Pepperdine University Law School
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Fulbright Professor of Law, Osaka University
- Lecturer, DWI Trial Techniques, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Representative Cases
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People vs Charles Manson
Published Works
Articles
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Drunk Driving Defense, Aspen Law and Business, New York, 1-8th Edition, 1979 - 2015
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California Drunk Driving Defense, West/Bancroft-Whitney, San Francisco, 1 - 4th Edition, 1988 - 2015
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The D.A., William Morrow & Company, June, 1996
Bar Admissions
- California, 1969
- Washington, 1993
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1974
Specialties and Certifications
- DUI Defense, National College for DUI Defense, 2005
Other Affiliations
- Los Angeles County Bar Association (Member)
- Orange County Bar Association (Member)
- National College for DUI Defense, 1995 - Present (Former "Dean" and "Regent", Current "Fellow")
- National College for DUI Defense, Atlanta, Georgia (Member, Board of Regents)
- National College for DUI Defense, Atlanta, Georgia (Dean, 1995 - 1996)
- United States Supreme Court Bar (Member)
- California State Bar, 1970 - Present (Member)
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Contact
Kilroy Airport Center
3780 Kilroy Airport Way
Suite 310
Long Beach, CA 90806
Phone: 562-512-9071
Email: Send a message
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