Steve Taylor is a Member of the firm's Nashville office. His practice in the Corporate and Securities and Financial Institutions areas includes insurance and bank regulatory matters and corporate transactions as well as general corporate representations. Steve has advised clients on mergers and acquisitions involving bank holding companies, insurance holding companies, insurance companies, national banks, state member and non-member banks, federal savings institutions, reinsurers, HMOs and insurance agencies. He also regularly advises financial institution clients on a broad range of federal and state regulatory matters, including de novo formation domestic insurance companies and Tennessee state chartered banks, and he regularly represents clients before the Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance, the Tennessee Department of Financial Institutions and the federal banking agencies. Steve also represents corporate clients on negotiation of manuscripted insurance policies, insurance coverage issues and policy disputes.
Steve received his undergraduate degree from Vanderbilt University and his J.D. from George Mason University School of Law, where he was recognized for Best Scholastic Performance in a specialized program of Banking and Financial Services Law. He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America® in both banking law and insurance law, and is a member of the Federation of Regulatory Counsel, Inc., a professional association of insurance regulatory lawyers. Steve also is a member of the Lawyers Committee and a past member of the Government Relations Committee of the Tennessee Bankers Association and has lectured for TBA seminars on the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act. Prior to joining the firm, Steve served as Associate General Counsel of First American Corporation, a multistate bank and insurance holding company.
Steve currently serves on the firm's Investment Committee and Associate Evaluation Committee. He is a member of the American, Tennessee and Nashville Bar Associations. Steve serves on the board of directors of the Nashville Downtown Partnership, Inc. and is assistant treasurer of the Nashville Business Coalition, Inc. He also serves as a member of the advisory board of directors of the Tennessee Repertory Theatre, Inc. and has previously served as counsel and a member of the board of directors of The Historic Carnton Plantation Association, Inc. He is active at St. George's Episcopal Church, having served as Junior Warden, chairman of the Stewardship Committee, chairman of the Outreach Commission and a member of the Vestry, the Executive Commission and the Funding Committee.
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