Taylor Freeman is a fearless, creative and tough trial lawyer who thrives on battling for his clients. He has done so in complex disputes for more than a decade, taking on challenges sometimes mid-stream when others have failed where he could win. He has vast successful experience in commercial, intellectual property, trade secret, employment, personal injury and multidistrict litigation cases.
For example, by creating a novel defense he disposed of a $260 million claim in summary judgment for an energy sector client, and he defeated an onslaught of motions and stall tactics to eventually obtain a $12.2 million award from a federal judge for another energy sector client defraud by former employees. One of his cases was on The National Law Journal’s Top 100 Verdicts of 2023 when a jury awarded his client $41.8 million in a natural gas case.
An experienced lead counsel in state and federal courts around the nation, Mr. Freeman has distilled difficult cases for juries and judges in a variety of industries including for multinational oil and gas businesses, financial institutions and software developers.
Because of his efficiency, flexibility, and cost consciousness he was named AZA’s partner-in-charge of firm AI implementations, policies, and strategies. He is piloting the firm through new litigation management and e-discovery technologies.
Mr. Freeman has been recognized for his commercial and business litigation prowess. He’s been named to the list of “Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch” for commercial litigation and he was repeatedly named as a Texas Rising Star for excellence in business litigation.
He received his law degree from New York University and his undergraduate degree from Texas A&M University. Prior to joining AZA, Taylor served as a volunteer prosecutor for the City of Houston, where he managed criminal dockets and prosecuted misdemeanor jury trial cases for Houston Municipal Court.
