Vaughan E. Taylor
Senior Partner
Email: vaughantaylor@att.net
Practice Areas: Military Law; Military Courts Martial; Military Criminal Law; Military Justice; Military Administrative Law.
Admitted: 1972, Virginia and Maine; 1980, U.S. Court of Federal Claims; 1983, North Carolina, U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces; Army, Air Force, Navy-Marine Corps Courts of Criminal Appeals
Law School: University of Virginia, J.D., 1972; The Judge Advocate General's School, Army, Graduate Course, Masters of Law Program, 1977
College: Dartmouth College, B.A., cum laude, 1969
Member: Onslow County and North Carolina Bar Associations.
Biography: Author: "The Competency of Counsel," The Army Lawyer, October, 1977; "Building The Cuckoo's Nest," The Army Lawyer, June, 1978; "Using The Cuckoo's Nest," The Army Lawyer, July, 1979; "Witnesses: The Ultimate Weapon," The Army Lawyer, May, 1987. Contributing Author, "Principles and Practice of Military Forensic Psychiatry," 1997.
Military: U.S. Army, JAGC, 1969-1980; Officer in Charge, Aschaffenburg Branch SJA Office, 1974-1976; Instructor, Criminal Law Division, The Judge Advocate General's School, Army, 1977-1980. Certified as Military Judge, 1979. The Army's JAG School is responsible for the initial training of all the military's judges, as well as continuing legal education for the JAGS of all the armed services . U.S. Army Reserves, JAGC, 1980-1989; Senior Reserve Instructor, Criminal Law Division, The Judge Advocate General's School, Army, 1980-1989; Retired Reserve, 1989-. Army Commendation Medal, 1976; Meritorious Service Medal 1980; Army Achievement Medal, 1987
Languages: Spanish.
Reported Cases: United States v: Woolheater; Babbitt; Lips; Benedict; Cox; Garwood; Washington; Saul; Brakebush; Bair.
Born: Portland, Maine, October 3, 1947
ISLN: 901739115