Taylor Jarvis Askew
Partner

Overview
Taylor Askew is a litigation attorney in Holland & Knight's Nashville office. Mr. Askew focuses his practice on complex commercial litigation, including non-compete and restrictive covenants, trade secrets, other proprietary information and associated strategies and protection. These matters often include injunction hearings and other pre-trial remedies, which eventually may save his clients time and expense.
In addition, Mr. Askew represents multiple healthcare companies with a wide range of litigation issues, including partnership disputes, intellectual property misappropriation, contract enforcement, regulatory matters and employment-related issues. His healthcare clients rely on him to serve in an outside general counsel role for all issues related to litigation.
Mr. Askew likewise has vast experience representing clients, including landlords and tenants, in commercial real estate litigation and commercial lease matters.
Mr. Askew is respected by peers, colleagues and clients as a skilled and energetic courtroom advocate. His deep and detailed knowledge of cases, coupled with his respectful but assertive presence in a courtroom, has been beneficial to clients across a wide range of industries. The consummate team player, Mr. Askew balances zealous advocacy with the strategic objectives intertwined in complex civil litigation and commercial disputes.
Representative Experience
Credentials
- University of Tennessee College of Law, J.D., magna cum laude
- Tennessee Technological University, B.S., Political Science, summa cum laude
- Tennessee
- Supreme Court of Tennessee
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee
- U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- Nashville Bar Association
- Tennessee Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- Tennessee Supreme Court Hearing Committee for the Disciplinary District, District V, 2024-Present
- The Best Lawyers in America guide, Ones to Watch, Nashville Commercial Litigation, 2021-2023, 2025
- Rising Star, Mid-South Super Lawyers magazine, 2021
- Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Nashville's Top 30 Under 30, Class of 2017
- ESPN Academic All-American, 2009