C.D. Taylor Pace - Raleigh, NC
Attorney at Cranfill Sumner
Risk Management & Workers’ Compensation Lawyers in Raleigh, NC
5420 Wade Park Boulevard #300 Raleigh, NC 27607
- 1 Super Lawyers®
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41
Years
Experience
Raleigh Risk Management & Workers’ Compensation Lawyer
Updated: 03/02/2026
Areas of Practice
- Risk Management & Workers’ Compensation
Litigation: 100%
Attorney Information
Overview
Taylor Pace has been practicing defense litigation in the firm's Raleigh office since the inception of the firm. He and Paul Cranfill co-chair the firm's Workers’ Compensation Group.
Taylor received his B.A. degree from the University of North Carolina in 1982, graduating with Phi Beta Kappa honors. He received his J. D. degree from the University of North Carolina School of Law in 1985.
During the first several years of his practice, Taylor was involved not only in the defense of workers’ compensation claims before the Industrial Commission, but also in the defense of general civil litigation Superior Court matters, trying jury cases to verdicts in the areas of automobile negligence, products liability, and premises liability.
In more recent years, Taylor has focused his practice on the defense of employers and insurance carriers in workers’ compensation claims. He has represented employers and carriers at all levels of workers’ compensation litigation, including mediations, hearings before Deputy Commissioners, appeals before the Full Commission, as well as appeals before both the Court of Appeals and Supreme Court. In addition to his practice before the Industrial Commission, Taylor also represents clients in State and Federal courts in lawsuits involving third party workers’ compensation liens as well as Woodson liability.
When the North Carolina Bar Association established its Workers’ Compensation Section in 1995 (which is now comprised of more than 600 attorneys), Taylor was selected as one of the original 15 attorneys to serve on the Section's governing counsel.
Over the years Taylor has been recognized as one of North Carolina's best lawyers in the area of workers’ compensation. He has been listed in the publication "The Best Lawyers in America," for the past few years. Taylor was recognized as one of North Carolina’s “Super Lawyers®" in 2008 and 2009. And for several years, Martindale Hubbell, the nation's most prestigious national peer review publication for lawyers, has issued its highest rating (AV) to Taylor.
Awards and Honors
Honors
- Martindale-Hubbell, AV Rated
- Selected by The Best Lawyers in America in the field of Workers’ Compensation Law - Employers (2006, 2008, 2009, and 2013 – 2023)
- Featured in the 2022 Workers' Compensation Power List by North Carolina Lawyers Weekly
- Selected to NC Super Lawyers (2008 - 2013)
- Selected for inclusion in Lawyer Of The Year in the field of Workers Compensation Law - Employers (2022)
Other Sources of Feedback About C.D. Taylor Pace
Included on the 2013 North Carolina Super Lawyers list
Past Lists
- 2012 North Carolina Super Lawyers list
- 2011 North Carolina Super Lawyers list
- 2010 North Carolina Super Lawyers list
- 2009 North Carolina Super Lawyers list
- 2008 North Carolina Super Lawyers list
Education
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Legal Education
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University of North Carolina School of Law,
Chapel Hill,
North Carolina, 1985
J.D.
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University of North Carolina School of Law,
Chapel Hill,
North Carolina, 1985
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Non Legal Education
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1982
B.A.
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1982
Current Employment Position(s)
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Partner
Pro Bono Activities
- Christ Episcopal Church, Member
Bar Admissions
- North Carolina, 1985
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of North Carolina
Other Affiliations
- North Carolina Bar Association (Member)
- North Carolina Bar Association Workers’ Compensation Section (Member)
- North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys (Member)
- North Carolina Bar Association’s Workers’ Compensation Section Council
Fraternities and Sororities
- Phi Beta Kappa
Photo
Contact
5420 Wade Park Boulevard
#300
Raleigh, NC 27607
Fax: (919) 863-3540
Email: Send a message
Website: https://www.cshlaw.com/
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