Carl Taylor is Counsel in the firm’s Municipal and Government and Construction and Procurement law departments, where he leverages his extensive experience to serve government entities and private clients and handles complex litigation matters. Carl frequently writes on AI and emerging technology and has been published in venues including the New Jersey Law Journal, the ABA Judges’ Journal, and Law360. Carl’s monthly column, Beyond Algorithms: Law in the Age of Intelligent Machines appears in the New Jersey Law Journal. Carl's practice increasingly emphasizes the intersection of emerging technologies and government law, particularly as new technologies become embedded in public and physical infrastructure.

Since 2009, Carl has represented clients throughout New Jersey, including previously serving as Deputy County Counsel for the County of Somerset. He also has represented the Somerset County Agriculture Development Board and the Somerset County Board of Construction Appeals and has served as Municipal Prosecutor for more than a dozen municipalities, including Bridgewater Township, Flemington Township, Bedminster Township, and Middlesex Borough. Carl has also served as Township attorney for East Amwell Township. A former Trustee of the Somerset County Bar Association, Carl has frequently lectured on education law, public employment law, government law, and the Open Public Records Act. He resides in Burlington County with his wife and two daughters.

Honors & Awards

• Named to 2026 New Jersey Super Lawyers List, published by Thomson Reuters. See Super Lawyers Selection Methodology HERE.No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey or American bar Association.
• Named to New Jersey Super Lawyers Rising Stars List, published by Thomson Reuters, 2014-2023. See Super Lawyers Selection Methodology HERE

Professional Activities

Burlington County Bar Association

New Jersey State Bar Association

News & Speaking Engagements

Publications

New Jersey Law Journal – AI Litigation and the Black Box: Defending an Algorithm (2026)

Guest Speaker, Round Table Group’s Engaging Experts Podcast (2025)

Happily Even After: the Guide to Divorce in New Jersey (2019, 2nd ed. 2021, 3rd ed. 2025)

ABA Judge's Journal - Judge Not Lest Thy Couples Be Judged: Poetry and Judicial Empathy (2025)

Law 360 - 5 Ways Lawyers Can Earn Back the Public's Trust (2025)

New Jersey Law Journal - The AI Content Paradox (2025)

Family Lawyer Magazine - Divorce in the Age of Bitcoin (2018)

The Quill (Clerks' Association of NJ Magazine) - When an OPRA Requestor Steps Over the Line (2017)

New Jersey law Journal - OPRA Law Comes of Age (2017)

New Jersey Law Journal - The Impact of Personal Injury Awards on Marital Settlement Agreements (2017)

New Jersey law Journal - Legal, Procedural, and Practical Issues in Domestic Violence Cases Involving Former Family Members (2014)

New Jersey law Journal - Navigating Palimony Law in 2013

Articles