David Kendall Taylor

First off, I just want anyone reading this too know that David Taylor is an astonishing legal mind who is refreshingly transparent! Far more then any I've ever seen from any attorney, especially one in the area (location) he practiced! Otsego County is a cesspool for corruption and crooked public o...fficials of which Attorney Taylor is NOT! It's not my business to judge nor disclose in one way or another the information about the suspension he received that AVVO mentions on his Attorney Profile Page. That's precisely why I said what I said above about him being an outstanding and refreshingly transparent attorney, because he is. Which I should also point out has become a more and more uncommon thing for attorneys too do. David Taylor is a brilliant legal mind who knows the law and it's application far better than that of a huge portion of his colleagues. He is a lawyer who chose on his own to pursue a career in a lesser populated area where he might be able to do the most good instead of pursuing a law career within a Multi-Million dollar law firm billing $4,000 Per Hour! And make no mistake! Attorney Taylor could have pursued that very thing and would have succeeded! Attorney Taylor did not represent me in any criminal proceedings but if he had, I have no doubt he would have been loads better then the ones I have had throughout my life. That leads me to a long story (hopefully) made short. Following what was one of the most unethical and immoral proceedings I've ever experienced, that same experience was not done with me yet... Where I live, the pool of criminal defense attorneys is very limited if you don't have thousands of dollars at your disposal to hire one. That means you end up with a Public Defender who has absolutely ZERO interest in helping there clients regardless of what the case might be for. That spans from petit larceny, public intoxication, burglary, drug possession and the most disgusting and despised kind of criminal; the pedophiles!! Everyone is entitled too a defense though right? The answer is yes! But will you get a defense attorney who has YOUR best interests at heart?? The answer is NO! But David Taylor is a rare exception to the expected norm of public defenders, at least among this location at the very least. I specifically requested David Taylor at a court proceeding for an arraignment approximately 2-3 weeks after having been sentenced to state prison for 1 to 3 years for a "burglary" charge. I requested David Taylor because he and I had developed a rapport over the course of several months before being sentenced in the above mentioned case. My request for the specific lawyer was granted by the presiding judge in a new case which was for Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance in the 3rd degree which was a gross over charge considering the events, details and specifics of the allegation. I contacted David Taylor when I received official notice he was appointed to my case. Before speaking with Attorney Taylor, I had also contacted a family member and conveyed that I had a strong suspicion about a crucial detail of the case that would never have been turned over in discovery UNLESS I took the charge to trial. I'm referring to Confidential Informants in case you don't understand. I told the family member a name which I wanted given to Attorney Taylor which he did receive. That would later go on to be confirmed without being officially confirmed in the court records because Attorney Taylor had previously represented the C.I. in my case for the charge which he became a C.I. from to get his charges reduced. That person committed a crime FAR AND ABOVE more serious then mine. Attorney Taylor displayed incredible ethics and concern for me, just as he has with all of his clients! The District Attorney had no choice but to release the name of the informant because of the huge conflict of interest the case possessed which otherwise wouldn't have been released UNTIL trial!