Overview
Tayler D. Bolton is an associate in Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP’s Wilmington office, prosecuting breach of fiduciary duty actions on behalf of investors with a focus on matters before the Delaware Court of Chancery.
As a corporate governance attorney, Tayler has helped secure a $180 million monetary recovery, along with the departure of six board of director defendants and other meaningful governance reforms surrounding an illicit bribery scheme. She has also brought statutory challenges surrounding insider-entrenching voting provisions by evening the playing field for minority investors through reformed voting procedures and other governance protections. Tayler is currently prosecuting other matters surrounding corporate takeover, securities fraud, insider compensation, and oversight failures on behalf of the Firm’s clients.
Before entering practice, Tayler served as a law clerk for the Honorable Diane Clarke-Streett in the Superior Court of the State of Delaware. She also served as a foreign law clerk for the Honorable Hanan Melcer at the Supreme Court of the State of Israel. During law school, Tayler served as an editor on the Emory Corporate Governance and Accountability Review where she published her article “Don’t Be Late to the Party: The Importance of Corporate Social Responsibility and Being More Than a Bottom Line.” Through election by her peers, she also served as the Conduct Court Justice of the Emory Law Student Bar Association and was appointed as the Attorney General for Emory University’s campus at large. She was also inducted into the Order of Barristers.
Tayler has been recognized as a Delaware Business & Corporate “Rising Star” by Super Lawyers Magazine. She is also a recipient of the Delaware State Bar Association Haile L. Alford Excellence Award and Scholarship. She was recently elected as the Vice President of the Delaware Barristers Association (an affiliate of the National Bar Association) for the 2023-2024 term and she has served as a director on the board of Jewish Family Services of Delaware since 2018. She is also a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
Awards
- Rising Star, Super Lawyers Magazine, 2023-2024
- Haile L. Alford Excellence Award and Scholarship, Delaware State Bar Association, 2018
Practice Areas
Education
Emory University School of Law, J.D., 2017
- Editor, Emory Corporate Governance and Accountability Review
- Order of Barristers
University of Oklahoma, B.M., Performance, 2014, B.A., Communication, 2014
Admissions
- Delaware
- New York
- Texas
- United States District Court for the District of Delaware
News
Professional Affiliations
- Vice President, Delaware Barristers Association, 2023-2024
Community/Civic Involvement
- Board of Directors, Jewish Family Services of Delaware, 2018-present
- Member, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.