Olivier Taillieu

A highly skilled and reputable trial attorney, Olivier Taillieu is a partner at Beverly Hills, California, law firm of BD&J, PC. Over the course of his 20-plus years of practice, he has recovered tens of millions of dollars in verdicts and settlements for his clients in a wide range of personal injury matters, including:

• Motor vehicle accidents
• Wrongful death
• Truck accidents
• Defective products
• Unsafe premises
• Pedestrian injuries
• Animal bites
• Catastrophic injuries

A 1996 summa cum laude communications graduate of Arizona State University, Mr. Taillieu finished at the top of his class and earned his J.D. in 1999 from The George Washington University Law School. At law school, he was the managing editor of The George Washington Law Review. He served as a clerk for the Hon. Lourdes J. Baird of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California and Hon. A. Wallace Tashima of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.

Mr. Taillieu has handled a number of complex legal issues while remaining focused on his clients’ best interests. He has addressed problems using his precise understanding and in-depth knowledge of the law and how it safeguards victims’ futures. His efforts have been crucial in helping the oppressed establish justice and ensuring similar legal concerns do not occur in the future.

Widely known for his TBI knowledge and case successes, Mr. Taillieu often addresses legal and medical professionals and teaches and conducts continuing legal education sessions to lawyers on TBI, trial skills and other relevant topics as faculty in the ABOTA trial skills program. He is a popular guest on prominent national and international television programs such as Good Morning America, Nightline, NBC Nightly News and The O’Reilly Factor.

To professionally engage with his peers, Mr. Taillieu maintains active memberships in organizations such as the American Board of Trial Advocates, the Association of Business Trial Lawyers and the Consumer Attorney Association of Los Angeles (CAALA). He sits on the board of the Consumer Attorneys of California and the CAALA and is a volunteer ski instructor for the Disabled Sports Eastern Sierra program.

Highly regarded by his peers, Mr. Taillieu was nominated for the Leaders in Law Award by the Los Angeles Business Journal. He holds an “Excellent” rating on Avvo. Also, he has published many of his pieces on traumatic brain injuries and other aspects of trial practice in Advocate Magazine.