About Carl Taylor
Carl Taylor III earned his law degree from Rutgers School of Law–Camden in 2009 after finishing a Bachelor of Arts at Saint Joseph's University in 2006. He started his professional legal career immediately following law school, clerking for the Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division, Family Part. That early publicity to family courtroom matters helped shape his practical grasp of courtroom procedure and case management.
After his clerkship he joined Altman, Legband & Mayrides as an affiliate in 2010. He opened his own practice, The Law Office of Carl A. Taylor III, in 2011 and treated a mixture of municipal, family and felony matters. Public service observed. He served as Deputy Public Defender in Highland Park in 2012 and took on numerous conflict public defender assignments in 2013 for Middlesex Borough, Raritan Borough and Bound Brook Township. Those roles gave him regular trial experience at the municipal level.
In 2014 his practice expanded into municipal prosecution and municipal defense work. He worked as Municipal Prosecutor for South Bound Brook and served as a public defender for Middlesex Borough. That yr he additionally moved again into personal practice as an affiliate at Cooper & Rodgers, LLC. The subsequent year he have become a companion at Cooper, Cottell & Taylor, a position he held while persevering with to simply accept courtroom appointments and municipal assignments.
Taylor has mixed personal practice with active participation in local bar organizations. He joined the Family Law Inn of Court in 2010 and has been a member since then. He has served as a Trustee of the Somerset County Bar Association beginning in 2013 and previously co-chaired the Young Lawyers Division. From 2012 he has maintained memberships in county bar institutions including Hunterdon County. He served at the Somerset County Bar Foundation as a trustee from 2013 to 2015 and represented Somerset County as a nearby delegate to the New Jersey State Bar Association from 2012 to 2015. He used to be a member of the New Jersey State Municipal Prosecutors Association from 2014 thru 2017.
In 2024 Taylor joined The Simone Law Office, P.C. as a lawyer. His background combines courtroom work in household and municipal courts, public protection and municipal prosecution, and private family law practice. He practices in New Jersey and his current work at The Simone Law Office, P.C. handles family law, municipal and felony things within the state.
