Biography
Professor Korey Taylor joined the College of Law faculty in 2023. Prior to entering academia, Professor Taylor spent thirteen years as an Assistant Public Defender in Omaha, Nebraska and Orlando, Florida where he practiced in criminal and juvenile parental rights law, including thirty-five jury trials. He has previous corporate experience with Sidley Austin LLP, a top 20 international law firm, and Fortune 500 companies J.P. Morgan Chase, Medtronic and Johnson & Johnson. Professor Taylor is licensed to practice law in Texas, New York, Florida and Nebraska.
Born in the Chicago area, but raised in Houston, Professor Taylor earned a B.S. and M.B.A from Florida A&M University, Summa Cum Laude, with concentrations in Business Administration and Finance, a JD from the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, where he was a Levy Scholar and served as a Senior Editor of The Journal of International Law, and a Certificate of Business and Public Policy with a Real Estate emphasis from The Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.
Professor Taylor is the current President of the Midlands (Black) Bar Association (2020 – present), serves on the Executive Council of the Omaha Bar Association and is Chair of the 2023 Nebraska State Bar Association (NSBA) Annual Meeting and a legislative Delegate in the NSBA House of Delegates. Professor Taylor also currently serves as a board member of Community Alliance, an Omaha-based non-profit that focuses on mental health and wellness of in need community members, and by appointment of the Nebraska Supreme Court as a member of the Committee on Equity and Fairness, along with his service in other organizations. Professor Taylor was nominated and selected as the recipient of the 2023 NSBA Diversity Award in recognition for his leadership as President of the Midlands Bar Association and for his efforts to promote diversity and inclusion in Nebraska’s legal community through his service with various bar, student and minority professional development focused organizations and groups.
Professor Taylor will be teaching Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure (Investigation), Advanced Criminal Procedure (Adjudication) and other courses at Nebraska Law. His initial research interests include diversity and inclusion in the law, profession and judicial appointments and special topics in crime and due process.
Courses
Criminal Law LAW 508
Criminal Procedure (Investigation) LAW 631
Advanced Criminal Procedure (Adjudication)
Presentations
Out of the G(r)utter: How the Supreme Court Changed Course, But the Mission Remains the Same, A Legal and Ethical Discussion of Race and DEI in Organizations (CLE). Moderator and Panelist at the Midlands Bar Association Seminar at the 2023 Nebraska State Bar Association Annual Meeting (forthcoming October 2023), Omaha, Nebraska.
Diversity and Inclusion (D&I): Contemporary Analysis in the Foregoing World (CLE). Co-Moderator and Panelist at the Midlands Bar Association Seminar at the 2022 Nebraska State Bar Association Annual Meeting (October 2022), Omaha, Nebraska.
Conversations on Bias in the Legal Profession (CLE). Host and Substitute Panelist at the Midlands Bar Association Seminar at the 2020 Nebraska State Bar Association Annual Meeting (October 2020), Omaha, Nebraska.
Other
- Date: Tuesday, August 15, 2023
Awards
Nebraska State Bar Association (NSBA) Diversity Award, 2023
Nebraska State Bar Association Leadership Academy Fellow, 2020-2021
Education
- J.D., University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, 2008
- Business & Public Policy Certificate, The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania , 2008
- M.B.A., Florida A&M University, 2002
- B.S., Florida A&M University, 2002