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attorney Dwight TaylorE. Dwight Taylor 
Aurora, Colorado
Partner, Edwards & Taylor, LLC
phone (303) 750-2303
fax (303) 752-0946

Mr. Dwight Taylor is a founding member and Partner 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
President


Aurora Business Advisory Board, 2005 - Present
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
Chair


ABA Section of Environmental and National Resources Law
Member, Special Committee on Agricultural Management


American Agricultural Law Association
Member


Aurora Judicial Performance Commission, 2002 - Present
Chair


Aurora Chamber of Commerce, 2004 - Present
Member, Government Affairs Committee


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