Thomas H. Taylor

GENERAL BACKGROUND.

Thomas H. Taylor is the Managing Partner of Taylor Law Group, and has significant legal experience handling regulatory issues and litigation involving physician offices, clinics, hospitals and other health care organizations.

A 1982 honors graduate from the University of Wisconsin Law School, Tom went on active military duty with the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Corps in 1983, where he served as a prosecutor and trial defense counsel. In 1986, he returned to civilian life and joined the LaFollette & Sinykin law firm in Madison, Wis. As a trial lawyer, he has handled a broad range of personal injury, professional liability, business tort, clergy abuse and other cases, concentrating primarily on defense work.

Drawing upon his military and private practice experience, Tom became assistant attorney general in the Wisconsin Attorney General's office in 1993. He subsequently was appointed as Deputy Secretary of Commerce where he served for two years before returning to private practice.

In 1998, Tom was recruited by the Gundersen Lutheran Health System to serve as vice president and general counsel, and later as chief compliance officer and chief legal officer. There he oversaw legal negotiations and contract development during a significant growth period for the system; provided legal advice and representation to Gundersen Lutheran and its medical staff in medical malpractice, licensure and other proceedings; and became a frequent lecturer on compliance, employment, ethics, patient confidentiality, patient safety, risk management and other topics.

Both the Wisconsin Supreme Court and National Arbitration Forum have requested Tom's arbitration and mediation skills. For the Court, he serves as a referee for handling ethics complaints involving Wisconsin lawyers, and he adjudicates disputes involving commercial, employment and health law disputes for the Forum.