Elizabeth L. Taylor

Elizabeth L. Taylor is a partner at Thomas Combs & Spann, PLLC in Charleston, West Virginia, whose practice focuses on product liability and complex defense litigation. Taylor represents drug and medical device manufacturers, automotive companies, industrial equipment manufacturers, and other businesses in serious personal injury and wrongful death cases. Her work includes mass tort litigation, multidistrict proceedings, product defect claims, and other high-stakes matters in West Virginia state and federal courts.

Taylor earned her J.D. from West Virginia University College of Law in 2006 and a B.A. in History from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2003. During law school, she served on the National Moot Court Team and worked as a Student Attorney in the Legal Clinic. Her academic and advocacy training provided a foundation for litigation involving technical evidence, complex procedural issues, and detailed case management.

Taylor has substantial experience managing large-scale product liability litigation. She served as a senior in-firm coordinator for liaison counsel representing a medical device manufacturer in seven federal multidistrict litigations involving more than 20,000 cases. Her representative work also includes obtaining summary judgment for a pressure cooker manufacturer, securing dismissals for automotive manufacturers in serious injury and wrongful death cases, and defending manufacturers of respirators, industrial equipment, chemicals, and commercial vehicles in mass tort and product defect claims.

Elizabeth L. Taylor is AV Preeminent peer-review rated and has been listed among West Virginia Rising Stars since 2013. She serves as West Virginia State Membership Chair for the International Association of Defense Counsel and is also affiliated with the Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia and Defense Research Institute. Her trial, mass tort, and product liability experience helps manufacturers address complex litigation with careful preparation, efficient case management, and practical defense strategy.

Law Office Affiliations

• Partner, Thomas Combs & Spann, PLLC
• Member, International Association of Defense Counsel
• Member, Kanawha County Bar Association
• Member, Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia
• Member, Defense Research Institute

Licensed State

• West Virginia

Education

• West Virginia University College of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  Bachelor of Arts (BA)