TAYLOR P. KORDSIEMON

ASSOCIATE

801-303-0046 | tkordsiemon@mc2b.com

PRACTICE AREAS:
Government Defense, Commercial Litigation, Labor & Employment, Appeals

Taylor P. Kordsiemon is an associate at Manning Curtis Bradshaw Bednar, where his practice focuses on government defense, employment law, commercial litigation, and appeals. His government defense experience includes handling claims for personal injury, breach of contract, access to government records, and constitutional torts. On the commercial side, Taylor has both prosecuted and defended numerous claims for breach of contract, fraud, trademark infringement, property disputes, and other business torts. Taylor has briefed numerous appeals in both state and federal courts and has also argued before the Utah Supreme Court.

 Before joining the firm, Taylor served as a law clerk to the Honorable Diana Hagen on the Utah Court of Appeals. During law school, he participated in the University of Virginia’s Appellate Practice Clinic and served as president of UVA’s chapter of the J. Reuben Clark Law Society. Taylor actively engages in legal scholarship and has published in several law reviews.

 Apart from the law, Taylor enjoys reading and spending time with his family.

EDUCATION

  • J.D., University of Virginia School of Law (2019)

    • Editorial Team, Virginia Journal of Law and Technology

    • President, Rex E. Lee Law Society

    • Appellate Practice Clinic

  • B.A., Brigham Young University (2016)

CLERKSHIP

  • Law Clerk to then-Judge Diana Hagen, Utah Court of Appeals

LICENSES AND ADMISSIONS

  • Utah (2019)

  • United States District Court for the District of Utah

  • United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITIONS AND HONORS

  • Mountain States Super Lawyer®, Rising Star (2023 & 2024)

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND ACTIVITIES

  • Executive Committee of the Utah State Bar Litigation Section

  • Member of the Utah State Bar Appellate Practice Section

PUBLICATIONS

  • Challenging the Constitutionality of Qualified Immunity, 25 U. Pa. J. Const. L. 576 (2023)

  • “He’s going to be all right” – Privileges, Evidence, and Candor in Provider-Patient Communications, 35:5 Utah B.J. 24 (Sept./Oct. 2022) (with Austin Westerberg)

  • A Right to Marital Rape? The Immorality of the Dobbs Approach to Unenumerated Rights, 13 Hous. L. Rev. Online 90 (2022)

  • Custody Out of Control: How State Definitions of “Custody” Threaten Detainees’ Right to Healhcare, 35 W. Mich. U.T.M. Cooley L. Rev. 159 (2019)

  • Threats and Extortion: Walking the Ethical Line, 31:5 Utah B.J. 52 (Sept./Oct. 2018) (with Keith Call)

  • Non-Compete Agreements for In-House Counsel, 31:4 Utah B.J. 44 (Jul./Aug. 2018) (with Keith Call)

  • Legal Malpractice Claims Are Now Presumptively Assignable in Utah, Bloomberg BNA (June 13, 2017) (with Keith Call)