William J. Taylor Partner

Bill has over 25 years of experience with a practice that focuses on surety and fidelity law, construction claims litigation, construction contracting and project administration, and insurance and commercial litigation.  As co-chair of the firm’s Construction and Surety Group, Bill leads a talented group of lawyers that represents owners, general contractors, subcontractors, building component manufacturers, lenders, borrowers, architectural and engineering firms and insurance and surety companies in a wide array of construction-related matters.

Bill has counseled numerous surety clients in regard to all aspects of suretyship, including drafting and enforcing indemnity agreements, managing defaults and takeover situations and defending payment and performance bond claims.  His broad construction experience includes litigating delay and disruption, inefficiency, defective design, extra work and loss of business claims in federal and state courts and in arbitration on behalf of owners, contractors, subcontractors, sureties and design professionals.  Bill has also regularly drafted construction agreements and advised construction industry clients on contract management and administration issues.  He has also worked extensively with insurance company clients regarding coverage, bad faith and defense issues.

Bill currently serves as President of the Philadelphia Surety Claims Association.

Representative Matters

• Defended two American surety companies against multi-million dollar bond claims regarding the construction of oil production and storage platforms in Brazil
• Defense of the surety on bond and fraud claims and prosecution of an electrical subcontractor's affirmative delay and disruption claims regarding the construction of a major hotel project in Times Square, New York City
• Defense of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation against contractor's claims arising from a substantial overhaul of the I-76 Schuylkill Expressway in Philadelphia
• Litigated significant construction claims involving the expansion of a casino-hotel in Atlantic City, the construction of a large wastewater treatment plant in New Jersey, and construction on numerous hotels, apartment buildings, schools and condominiums throughout the region

Recognition & Involvement

Bill has been AV® rated by the Martindale-Hubbell peer review rating system.

In addition to his law practice, Bill serves as an active member in the Georgetown University Alumni Admissions Program and volunteers as an alumni interviewer for Georgetown University.