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Larry Taylor at The Cochran Firm — Dallas: An Employment Practice Inside a National Mass Tort Firm

The Cochran Firm’s name carries decades of national recognition in civil rights and personal injury litigation. Its Dallas office’s employment practice, overseen by attorney Larry Taylor, is one line within that broader identity — a structure similar to several other firms in this Dallas employment lawyer directory where employment law shares space with a larger plaintiff’s litigation docket.

At a Glance: This Dallas Employment Lawyer’s Credentials

I. From Prosecutor and Congressional Legal Advisor to Plaintiff’s Attorney

Larry Taylor earned his J.D. from Thurgood Marshall School of Law in 2008 after a B.S. from Texas A&M University in 1994. He began his legal career in public service, working as a prosecutor for Dallas County and as Legal Advisor to U.S. Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson, before founding Taylor Made Law and later becoming a partner at The Cochran Firm — Dallas. Taylor has described a formative personal experience needing legal representation against a large corporation as part of what shaped his client-centered approach to practice.

II. Practice Concentration

On the employment side, Taylor states directly that he protects employees facing workplace discrimination, harassment, wrongful termination, retaliation, sexual assault, and wage violations, working on a no-fee-unless-we-win basis. His broader role at the firm has him overseeing Mass Torts, Criminal, Employment, and Civil Rights practice areas and leading the firm’s community involvement efforts; he is most actively engaged day-to-day in the firm’s mass tort litigation, including opioid litigation on behalf of Texas counties and hair relaxer product liability cases, while continuing to be involved in employment and civil rights matters affecting individual clients.

III. Track Record

Prior results do not guarantee or predict a similar outcome. The results below are from Taylor’s broader litigation practice and are not itemized by employment case specifically.

Taylor’s most prominent documented result is representing Dallas County and other Texas counties in opioid litigation that helped secure approximately $3.34 billion from pharmaceutical manufacturers, distributors, and pharmacies in 2019 — a mass tort result, not an employment-specific one. Awesome Attorneys was unable to independently verify specific employment case outcomes for Taylor and is disclosing that gap directly rather than filling it with unverified figures.

IV. Client Voice

Taylor holds a 5.0 rating on Avvo. Awesome Attorneys did not locate employment-specific client reviews distinct from the firm’s broader personal injury and mass tort client base during this research; the visible review base reflects the firm’s overall practice rather than the employment line specifically.

V. Beyond the Courtroom

Taylor is active with the Houston Trial Lawyers Association, Dallas Trial Lawyers Association, and Texas Trial Lawyers Association, where he served as Diversity Chair from 2016 to 2018. He serves on the Executive Committee and Board of Directors of the American Association for Justice and previously chaired its New Lawyers Division. He is a frequent speaker at national mass tort and trial lawyer conferences, including the AAJ Annual Convention and multiple mass tort litigation finance forums, and coaches youth sports in his community.

VI. Recognition

Peer-reviewed and independently conferred credentials: Super Lawyers selection; AAJ David S. Shrager President’s Award; leadership roles within the American Association for Justice and Texas Trial Lawyers Association. Awesome Attorneys did not identify Best Lawyers recognition, board certification, or any marketing-program-only awards specific to Taylor’s employment practice during this research.

VII. The Texas Legal Backdrop

Taylor’s discrimination and retaliation work runs through Title VII, the ADA, and the ADEA at the federal level, each generally requiring an EEOC charge before suit, and the Texas Commission on Human Rights Act (Texas Labor Code Chapter 21), which requires a parallel charge with the Texas Workforce Commission’s Civil Rights Division within 180 days of the alleged act. Wage-violation claims generally proceed under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (two-year limitations period, three years for willful violations) or the Texas Payday Act, Texas Labor Code Chapter 61.

VIII. Awesome Attorneys Assessment: This Dallas Employment Lawyer’s Strengths and Limits

Taylor’s leadership roles within national plaintiff-bar organizations (AAJ Executive Committee, Texas Trial Lawyers Association Diversity Chair) and his documented role in a multi-billion-dollar opioid settlement reflect genuine standing as a plaintiff’s attorney with national-caliber litigation experience. His personal history navigating a legal dispute against a large corporation gives him a client-facing perspective that shapes his stated approach to employment cases.

The honest limitation for readers of this directory is focus: Taylor’s day-to-day attention is primarily on the firm’s mass tort docket, and Awesome Attorneys could not verify a specific, independent employment case track record separate from his broader litigation credentials. A worker with an individual discrimination or wage claim should understand they would be working with an attorney whose central current focus is mass tort litigation, inside a firm whose national brand recognition rests primarily on personal injury and civil rights work rather than dedicated employment law.

IX. Methodology & Sourcing

This profile was compiled from The Cochran Firm – Dallas’s own website (cochrantexas.com) and Taylor Made Law’s website (taylormadelaw.com); Super Lawyers’ attorney profile; Avvo’s attorney profile and rating; Martindale-Hubbell’s attorney listing; the National Trial Lawyers’ profile; and the National Black Lawyers directory. No case results, credentials, or quotes were invented; where independent verification of employment-specific outcomes was unavailable, that gap is disclosed rather than filled.

Publisher Disclosure & Independence Notice

Awesome Attorneys is an independent legal directory and editorial publication. This profile was not paid for, commissioned, or reviewed by The Cochran Firm – Dallas prior to publication. Awesome Attorneys may in the future offer sponsored placements clearly labeled as such, but no payment of any kind determines inclusion in, or the content of, this editorial profile. This article is for informational purposes only, does not constitute legal advice, and does not create an attorney-client relationship between the reader and The Cochran Firm, Larry F. Taylor, Jr., or Awesome Attorneys.