Timothy Taylor

Timothy J. Taylor is an employment and litigation attorney in Holland & Knight's Tysons office. Mr. Taylor represents employers, companies and individuals in high-stakes litigation, investigations and compliance matters across a wide variety of areas and, in particular, vis-à-vis government regulators. He serves clients in highly regulated industries, especially healthcare and government contracts.

Before rejoining Holland & Knight, Mr. Taylor served as Deputy Solicitor of Labor, the second-in-command legal officer for the federal government's second-largest litigation department, housed in the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). In that position, he oversaw a wide portfolio of litigation, enforcement, rulemaking and legal counseling for the agency's more than 450 attorneys at 23 client agencies. Laws under his purview included the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), Davis-Bacon Act (DBA), Service Contract Act (SCA), Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSH Act), Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) and Executive Order 11246. He also previously served as senior counsel for employment and investigations at the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of the Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery (SIGPR).

Mr. Taylor uses that experience to defend and counsel clients facing difficult employment issues, including DOL and other investigations, discrimination claims, trade-secret and noncompete cases, executive employment agreements (and disagreements), and compliance with unclear and emerging areas of law. He is well-versed in prevailing wage and apprenticeship (PWA) matters. Mr. Taylor also routinely advises clients seeking funding or enhanced tax credits under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), CHIPS and Science Act and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

In addition, Mr. Taylor represents clients in a broad array of other litigation and investigations. He is often called upon for dispositive motions, appeals and written advocacy to regulators. His experience includes matters involving fraud, breach of contract, defamation, partnership disputes, First Amendment issues, the False Claims Act, export controls, U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) civil and criminal cases, and a host of other matters. From his government experience, Mr. Taylor has in-depth knowledge of federal regulation and policymaking under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA).

After law school, Mr. Taylor clerked for the Honorable Harris Hartz of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit and the Honorable Charles Lettow of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims. During law school, he was an editor of the Harvard Law Review.