Attorney Profiles

E. Dwight Taylor 
Aurora, Colorado

Partner, Edwards & Taylor, LLC
phone	(303) 750-2303
fax	(303) 752-0946

Mr. Taylor is a founding member of Edwards & Taylor, LLC. He has extensive experience in significant commercial transactions and financing in construction, business acquisition, inventory and operations. He has particular expertise in agricultural law and the financing of commercial agricultural enterprises and rural utilities. His trial and appellate experience has been in the area of contract interpretation and enforcement, uniform commercial code issues, bankruptcy and business organizations. His work with business organizations include entity formation and governance, business planning and contracting, and asset preservation. He also has extensive experience in business reorganization cases, receiverships, collections and personal bankruptcies.  In recent years Mr. Taylor has developed an estate planning and probate practice.

Mr. Taylor practiced in Arkansas and in Kansas before moving to Colorado in 1990. He was admitted to the state and federal courts in Arkansas and Kansas, and served as Assistant District Attorney for the Eighteenth Judicial District in Wichita, Kansas. From 1984 through 1995 Mr. Taylor served successively in the positions of Litigation Counsel for the Federal Intermediate Credit Bank of Wichita, Assistant General Counsel for the Farm Credit Banks of Wichita, Senior Vice President and General Counsel for the Wichita Bank for Cooperatives, and Associate General Counsel for CoBank, ACB, all of which are banks of the Farm Credit System serving farmers, ranchers and rural utilities nation-wide. Prior to attending law school, Mr. Taylor served in the United States Regular Army as a Captain and is a graduate of the United States Army Airborne and Ranger Schools.  Mr. Taylor is active in civic organizations and serves on citizen boards and commissions for the City of Aurora.

Areas of Practice:

Contracts and Commercial Transactions

Civil Litigation

Business Organizations

Bankruptcy

Estate Planning and Probate

Bar Admissions:

Arkansas, 1978

Kansas, 1979

Colorado, 1992

U.S. District Court District of Colorado, 1992

U.S. District Court Eastern District of Arkansas, 1978

U.S. District Court Western District of Arkansas, 1978

U.S. District Court District of Kansas, 1979

U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit, 1986

Education:

University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Leflar Law Center, Fayetteville, Arkansas, 1978
J.D.

University of Arkansas, 1970
B.A.
Honors: Pi Sigma Alpha
Major:  Political Science

Published Works:

Purchase Money Security Interests in Livestock under Revised Article 9, Independent Bankers' Journal, January, 2003

Making Cool Loans, Agricultural and Agribusiness Finance Subcommittee, Commercial Finance Services Committee, Business, April, 2002

Agricultural Bioterrism, Agricultural and Agribusiness Finance Subcommittee, Commercial Finance Services Committee, Business, April, 2002

Fortress America: Registration of Facilities and Prior Notice of Importing Food under the Bioterrorism Act, Agricultural and Agribusiness Finance Subcommittee, Commercial Finance Services Committee, Business, April, 2002

Representative Cases:

Kansas, ex re Miller vs. Midwest Service Bureau of Topeka, Inc., 229 Kan. 322, 623 P.2d., 1343 (  1981)

Kansas, ex rel Owens vs. Morton Colby, et al, 231 Kan. 498, 646 P.2d 1071 (  1982)

In re International Plastics, Inc. Debtor, Fruehauf Corporation, Plaintiff, v. International Plastics, Inc. and Donald W. Bostwick, Trustee, Defendants, 18 B.R. 583 (  1982)

Atlantic Richfield Company vs. The Farm Credit Bank of Wichita, et al., 226 F.3d 1138, 31 Envtl. L. Rep. 20,093 (10th Cir. Colo. 2000)

In re: Colorado Greenhouse Holdings, Inc., Chapter 11 Bankruptcy (U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Colorado 2002)

Classes/Seminars Taught:

Odors and Hogs, American Agricultural Law Association Ag Law Symposium, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1999

Advanced Agricultural Lending Seminar, Complex Loan Structuring, Independent Bankers of Colorado and American Institute of Banking - Rocky Mountain, Denver, Colorado, 1999

NPDES Permits for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations, Independent Bankers of Colorado, April 1, 2000

Moderator, Environmental Regulation of Animal Agriculture in Colorado, 9th Annual Western Agricultural & Rural Roundup, CLE of Colorado, Inc., June 1, 2000

Moderator, Using Federal and State Resources for Financing Rural Enterprises, 10th Annual Western Agricultural Rural Roundup, CLE of Colorado, Inc., June 1, 2002

Honors and Awards:

Leadership Aurora, The Chamber in Aurora, 2004 - 2005

Professional Associations and Memberships:

Aurora Bar Association, 1999 - 2001, 2009 - Present

President

Aurora Business Advisory Board, 2005 - Present

Past Chair

Aurora Symphony Orchestra Board, 2006 - Present

Chair

Colorado Bar Association

Member

American Bar Association

Member

Colorado Bar Association, 2000 - 2003

Board of Governors

ABA Business Law Section

Member

ABA Business Law Section

Member, Commercial Financial Services Committee

ABA Business Law Section

Member, Subcommittee on Agricultural and Agribusiness Finance

Colorado Bar Association Section on Agricultural and Rural Law, 1995 - Present

Past Chair

American Agricultural Law Association

Member

Aurora Judicial Performance Commission, 2002 - 2009

Past Chair

Colorado Judicial Performance Commission, 2009 - Present

18th Judicial District

Aurora Chamber of Commerce, 2004 - Present

Member, Government Affairs Committee

Aurora Chamber of Commerce, 2009 - Present

Board Member

Past Employment Positions:

CoBank, Associate General Counsel, 1988 - 1995

Wichita Bank for Cooperatives, General Counsel, 1987 - 1988

Farm Credit Bank of Wichita, Litigation Counsel, 1984 - 1987

18th Judicial District of Kansas, Assistant District Attorney, 1979 - 1981

United States Army, Captain, 1970 - 1975

Pro Bono Activities:

Metro Volunteer Lawyers, 1997 - Present

Edwards & Taylor, LLC
The Pavilion Towers
2851 S. Parker Road
Suite 1200
Aurora, CO 80014
Phone: 303-750-2303
Fax: 303-752-0946
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