Ron Taylor heads Venable's Maryland Labor and Employment Practice Group.

Mr. Taylor advises and defends employers nationwide on occupational safety and health issues and on a wide variety of labor and employment law matters, including wage and hour, privacy, non-compete, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, disability, and wrongful discharge.

Representative Clients

Mr. Taylor's clients include a broad array of private, public, and non-profit businesses of all sizes located throughout the United States. With nearly 30 years of experience, he has been consistently identified as one of the most recognized Maryland labor and employment lawyers, and noted for his sound judgment and ability to achieve great results for his clients, as well as for his extensive experience in occupational safety and health law.

Significant Matters

Mr. Taylor handled the first Maryland case to establish the proposition that a disclaimer in an employee manual can prevent it from becoming a contract.
He has obtained summary judgment or dismissal of claims, or prevailed after hearing in numerous discrimination, wrongful discharge, and other employment cases.  Mr. Taylor has also successfully and efficiently defended hundreds of enforcement actions by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and state plan agencies in over forty states, the District of Columbia, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.

Representative Maryland Cases:

 

• Evans v. TAS, 875 F.Supp. 1115 (D.Md.), aff'd, 80 F.2d 954 (4th Cir.)
• Steinacker v. National Aquarium in Baltimore, 114 F.3d 1177 (4th Cir.)
• Kronick v. Bankers Life & Cas. Co., 902 F.2d 29 (4th Cir.)
• Hebert v. AAI UIC Retirement Plan, No. CCB-05-2283 (D. Md.)
• Triplett v. Structural Preservation, 2005 WL 856669 (D. Md.)
• Chernova v. Electronic Systems Services Inc., 247 F. Supp. 2d 720 (D. Md.)
• Vasconcelles v. Cybex International Inc., 962 F. Supp. 701 (D. Md.)
• Dickerson v. Perclose Inc., No. PJM 02-2841 (D. Md.)
• Frey v. Grove Mfg., Civil Action No. 86-0945 (M.D. Pa.)
• Gaskins v. Marshall Craft, 110 Md. App. 705, 678 A.2d 615 (Md. Ct. Spec. App.)
• City of Hagerstown v. Moats, 81 Md. App. 623, 568 A.2d 1181 (Md. Ct. Spec. App.)
• Castiglione v. Johns Hopkins Hospital, 69 Md. App. 325, 517 A.2d 786 (Md. Ct. Spec. App.)
• Natale v. State Farm Insurance Cos., et al., Allegany County Circuit Court, Case No. 01C01019359
• Savings First Mortgage, LLC v. Pinsky, et al., Baltimore County Circuit Court, Case No. 03C01004302
• Stanley v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Baltimore County Circuit Court, Case No. 03C96001904
• Picher v. David Edward Co., et al., Baltimore City Circuit Court, Case No. 24C03000852
• Goddard v. Ahold USA Holdings, Inc., Baltimore City Circuit Court, Case No. 24C03006578
• Johnson v. Proctor & Gamble, etc., Baltimore City Circuit Court, Case No. 24C85113051
• Goldstein v. Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore City Circuit Court, Case No. 24C86267005
• Cawley, et al. v. Franklin, et al., Baltimore City Circuit Court, Case No. 24C86290023
• Polston v. Johns Hopkins Health, et al., Baltimore City Circuit Court, Case No. 24C91077073

Activities

Mr. Taylor is an active member of the American Bar Association's Committee on Occupational Safety and Health, serving as its management co-chair from 1998 to 2001.

A community volunteer, he serves on the board of directors of the Center Stage in Baltimore, and coaches boys' basketball and baseball.