Olivier A. Taillieu Esq. - a Los Angeles, California (CA) Personal Injury Lawyer

Los Angeles Personal Injury Lawyer

Updated: 09/11/2026

Areas of Practice

Personal Injury 50%
Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBIs) 50%

Attorney Information

Overview

Olivier Taillieu is a Partner of BD&J, PC, and a distinguished and respected trial attorney. He has tried and won multiple jury trials in his prolific career, and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars in verdicts and settlements for his clients.

Mr. Taillieu has been recognized by his peers as an outstanding advocate for his clients. He was one of five finalists for the prestigious CAALA Trial Lawyer of the Year Award in 2017, received the coveted nomination again in 2018, and was selected once again as one of the five finalists in 2019. Advocate Magazine has featured multiple articles authored by him on traumatic brain injuries and various trial skills.

Olivier Taillieu’s expertise and case results for traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) are nationally recognized. He is regularly invited to speak on the subject to audiences of his legal peers and medical experts. Among the most prominent were at CAALA’s Las Vegas conferences in 2018, 2019, and 2024 and the Brain Society of California Med Legal Conference in 2019. In 2020, he was a guest speaker at the TBI Med Legal Webinar sponsored by the Brain Injury Association of California. He routinely serves as faculty in the ABOTA trial skills program and gives lectures and CLE (Continuing Legal Education) presentations in the field of TBI, trial skills, and other related matters to his fellow attorneys.

Mr. Taillieu serves on the CAALA Board of Governors and on the board of the Consumers Attorneys of California (CAOC). He was also nominated for the Leaders in Law award by the Los Angeles Business Journal. Olivier has been selected numerous times to the Southern California Super Lawyers list. He is a member of the Order of the Coif, the Golden Key Honor Society, Phi Beta Kappa, and the Association of Business Trial Lawyers. Taillieu is also a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates; a rare achievement awarded only to the most accomplished trial attorneys in the nation.

In his free time, Mr. Taillieu enjoys cycling (where he previously competed and medaled in UCI sanctioned masters sprinting competitions, both at the state and national levels) and skiing, regularly volunteering as a ski instructor for persons with disabilities with the Disabled Sports Eastern Sierra organization.

Olivier Taillieu graduated summa cum laude from Arizona State University and graduated first in his class from George Washington University Law School, where he received his Juris Doctor in 1999. There he was Managing Editor of the George Washington Law Review. He was bestowed the prestigious Order of the Coif.

Taillieu, who is fluent in French and proficient in conversational Spanish, began his career clerking for the Honorable Lourdes G. Baird in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California and then for the Honorable A. Wallace Tashima on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He then practiced as a litigator in the Los Angeles office of O’Melveny & Myers, LLP.

Attorney Taillieu’s litigation expertise makes him a sought-after guest on high-profile national and international television shows, including Good Morning America, Nightline, NBC Nightly News, The O’Reilly Factor, and many others.

Awards and Honors

Super Lawyers® Selectees

Olivier A. Taillieu Esq. included in a Super Lawyers® list

Honors

2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers, 2026

Other Sources of Feedback About Olivier A. Taillieu Esq.

Included on the 2027 Southern California Super Lawyers list

Past Lists

2026 Southern California Super Lawyers list
2025 Southern California Super Lawyers list
2024 Southern California Super Lawyers list
2023 Southern California Super Lawyers list
2022 Southern California Super Lawyers list
2021 Southern California Super Lawyers list
2020 Southern California Super Lawyers list
2019 Southern California Super Lawyers list
2018 Southern California Super Lawyers list
2017 Southern California Super Lawyers list
2016 Southern California Super Lawyers list
2015 Southern California Super Lawyers list

Education

Legal Education

George Washington University National Law Center, Washington, District of Columbia
J.D.
Honors: Order of the Coif
Honors: No 1 Graduate in Class
Law Review: George Washington University Law Review, Managing Editor

Non Legal Education

Arizona State University
B.A.
Honors: summa cum laude
Honors: Golden Key National Honor Society
Honors: Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society
Major: Communications

Past Positions

Honorable Lourdes G. Baird, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, Judicial Clerk
Honorable A. Wallace Tashima, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Judicial Clerk
O'Melveny & Myers, LLP, Los Angeles

Languages

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Representative Cases

$5,000,000 – Neck and Spine Injury: Auto v. Semi
$4,900,000 – Spine Injury: Auto v. Commercial Vehicle
$4,000,400 – Spine Injury: Auto v. Semi
$3,500,000 – Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: Auto v. Commerical
$2,525,000 – Wrongful Death: Auto v. Motorcycle Collision
$2,000,000 – Spine Injury: Auto v. Semi
$1,850,000 – Spine Injury: Auto v. Semi
$1,7000,000 – Spine Injury: Auto v. Dump Truck
$1,162,500 – Multi-System Injury: Premises Liability
$1,000,000 – Wrongful Death: Pedestrian Struck by Car
$1,000,000 – Spine Injury: Auto v. Semi
- Citation:
$1,000,000 – Spine Injury, Knee Injury: Auto v. Tractor Trailer
$1,000,000 – Spine Injury, Knee Injury: Auto v. Motorcycle
$800,000 – Spine Injury, Head Injury: Auto v. Semi
$750,000 – Spine Injury: Auto v. Semi
$738,000 – Spine Injury: Auto v. Auto

Published Works

Articles

Critical discovery in motor-vehicle collision cases, Advocate Magazine, April, 2024
This article highlights the importance of early, strategic discovery in motor-vehicle collision cases. It stresses pre-litigation investigation, evidence preservation, and timely information gathering. Key tools like interrogatories and document req
Emerging ethical considerations with indemnification and liquidated-damages clauses in PI settlement agreements, Advocate Magazine, October, 2021
This article examines ethical risks in personal injury settlements involving indemnification and liquidated damages clauses. It warns attorneys to carefully review release terms that may shift liability or create conflicts of interest, particularly
Emerging ethical considerations with indemnification and liquidated-damages clauses in PI, Plaintiff Magazine, October, 2021
This article examines ethical risks in personal injury settlements involving indemnification and liquidated damages clauses. It warns attorneys to carefully review release terms that may shift liability or create conflicts of interest, particularly
The National Football League’s Derrick Crawford, Entertainment and Sports Lawyer, Vol. 26, No.4, 2009

Bar Admissions

California
U.S. District Court Central District of California
U.S. District Court Northern District of California
U.S. District Court Southern District of California
U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit

Other Affiliations

American Board of Trial Advocates
Super Lawyers list
Order of the Coif
Golden Key Honor Society
Association of Business Trial Lawyers
Consumer Attorney Association of Los Angeles
Consumer Attorney Association of California

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