Howard W. Taylor
A Charleston native and Peace Corps alum who came home to practice law beside his father — and to make sure South Carolina's Spanish-speaking community never has to fight an injury claim in a language that isn't theirs.
- Fluent Spanish — Peace Corps trained
- USC School of Law, J.D. 2007
- Personal injury — exclusively
- Direct line: (843) 414-5203
Charleston, El Salvador, then Charleston again.
Howard Taylor grew up in Charleston — the kind of Charleston upbringing where you know your neighbors three blocks deep and recognize half the names on the court docket. He went to Charleston Day, then Woodberry Forest in Virginia, then UNC Chapel Hill. Plenty of paths from there led somewhere comfortable. He picked the harder one.
Right out of college, Howard joined the U.S. Peace Corps and spent two years in El Salvador. He came home fluent in Spanish and changed in a way that's harder to put on a résumé — with a real-world understanding of what it feels like to need help from a system that wasn't designed for you. That experience shapes how he practices law every day.
Howard earned his J.D. at the University of South Carolina in 2007 and joined his father at Taylor & Taylor in 2008. Today he splits his time between English and Spanish-speaking clients, runs the firm's Spanish-language practice at abogadotaylor.com, and has racked up results that include a $1M+ auto-accident case and a $205,000 recovery for a client rear-ended by a drunk driver.
How he got here.
- Charleston Day School
Charleston roots
Born and raised in Charleston, attending Charleston Day School before heading north for boarding school.
- 1997
Woodberry Forest School, Virginia
Completed his preparatory education at Woodberry Forest, the same school his father attended a generation earlier.
- 2001
B.A., American Studies — UNC Chapel Hill
Earned his undergraduate degree at the University of North Carolina, where he joined Chi Phi.
- 2001–2003
U.S. Peace Corps, El Salvador
Spent two years living and working in rural El Salvador — gaining fluent Spanish and a profound understanding of how legal systems can fail the people who need them most.
- 2007
J.D. — USC School of Law
Returned home to South Carolina for law school, admitted to the SC Bar in 2008.
- 2008
Joined Taylor & Taylor
Joined his father's Charleston practice the year he was admitted to the bar — making the firm a true two-generation operation.
- Today
Habla Español · abogadotaylor.com
Personally serves South Carolina's Hispanic community in Spanish, with a dedicated bilingual practice line and Spanish-language website.
"Nobody should have to fight for what they're owed in their second language. If you can talk to me about your accident in Spanish, you should be able to hire me, sue with me, and settle with me in Spanish too."
A representative slice of the work.
Past results don't guarantee future outcomes — every case turns on its own facts. These are simply representative.
Million-dollar recovery in a serious motor-vehicle case — a multi-policy stack secured against an aggressive defense.
Full policy-limits recovery for a Charleston-area client struck by an impaired driver. Resolved without trial through aggressive pre-suit work.
Hundreds of Spanish-speaking clients represented in their own language — no translators, no pass-offs, no language barrier.
Howard habla español.
¿Fue usted lesionado en un accidente? Hable directamente con un abogado en su idioma — sin intérpretes, sin demoras, y sin honorarios a menos que ganemos.
Education, service, and bar memberships
Education
- Charleston Day School
- Woodberry Forest School, Virginia (1997)
- B.A., American Studies — UNC Chapel Hill (2001)
- U.S. Peace Corps, El Salvador (2001–2003)
- J.D. — University of South Carolina School of Law (2007)
Bar & Professional
- South Carolina Bar (2008)
- Charleston Bar Association
- South Carolina Association for Justice
- American Association for Justice
Languages & Practice
- Fluent English & Spanish
- Personal injury — exclusively
- Operates abogadotaylor.com
- Direct Spanish line: (843) 414-5203
Civic & Social
- Chi Phi (UNC)
- Carolina Yacht Club
- Society of Colonial Wars
When he's not in court
A Charleston native through and through — equally at home on a porch on Tradd Street and a beach in El Salvador.
Talk to Howard — at no cost to you.
Free consultation, available 24/7. Se Habla Español. No fee unless we recover money for you.
Or read about J. Van Wyck Taylor →