Brett Nicole Taylor

Member

Santa Monica

(213) 892-7925

(310) 394-4700

Brett co-leads a team focused on California privacy and data-related litigation including defending clients against claims involving the California Invasion of Privacy Act and the California Unauthorized Access to Computer Data Act, and claims involving pixels, tracking and website analytics, as well as claims under the Video Privacy Protection Act. Brett also defends clients in state and federal court in the dietary supplement, food, and cosmetic industries from product liability claims, claims of proposition 65 violations, and violations of consumer protection actions. She also routinely provides Proposition 65 compliance advice and litigates complex commercial disputes, including breach of contract, fraud, false advertising, breach of fiduciary duty, and negligence. Brett also has experience representing clients in mass tort and class actions involving product liability and consumer-related issues.

Brett has also successfully represented clients in commercial loan/guaranty enforcement cases and state consumer protection and unfair competition cases involving lending laws and regulations.

Brett is also active in her business/legal groups including serving on the board of governors for the Century City Bar Association, where she formerly served as the president.  Additionally, her pro bono work includes working on asylum cases.

Brett earned her law degree from Pepperdine University School of Law where she graduated cum laude. She earned her bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Southern California. Brett has been recognized by Super Lawyer as a California “Rising Star.”

Experience

News

Best Lawyers Honors More Than 200 Cozen O'Connor Attorneys in its Best Lawyers in America 2025 Edition

August 15, 2024

Best Lawyers selected 242 Cozen O’Connor lawyers from 24 of the firm’s U.S. offices for inclusion in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America.

Brett Nicole Taylor Named 2024 Southern CA Super Lawyers Rising Star

June 21, 2024

Brett Nicole Taylor was named to the 2024 Super Lawyers Southern California Rising Stars list and the 2024 Super Lawyers Women’s Edition.

Best Lawyers Honors More Than 200 Cozen O'Connor Attorneys to its Best Lawyers in America 2024 Edition

August 17, 2023

Best Lawyers selected 232 Cozen O’Connor lawyers from 24 of the firm’s U.S. offices for inclusion in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America.

Brett Nicole Taylor Named 2023 Southern CA Super Lawyers Rising Star

June 06, 2023

Brett defends clients in state and federal court in the dietary supplement, food, and cosmetic industries from product liability claims, claims of proposition 65 violations, and violations of consumer protection actions.

More Than 200 Cozen O’Connor Attorneys Named Best Lawyers and Ones to Watch

August 22, 2022

210 Cozen O’Connor lawyers from 24 of the firm’s nationwide offices for inclusion in the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America.

Two Cozen O'Connor Attorneys Named 2022 Southern CA Super Lawyers Rising Stars

July 12, 2022

Dina R. Richman and Brett Nicole Taylor were both named to the 2022 Super Lawyers Southern California Rising Stars list.

More Than 205 Cozen O’Connor Attorneys Named Best Lawyers and Ones to Watch By The Best Lawyers In America

August 19, 2021

Best Lawyers selected 210 Cozen O’Connor lawyers from 23 of the firm’s nationwide offices for inclusion in the 2022 edition of The Best Lawyers in America.

Super Lawyers Names Three Cozen O’Connor Attorneys 2021 Southern California Rising Stars

June 11, 2021

Super Lawyers named three Cozen O’Connor attorneys to its 2021 Southern California Rising Stars list.

200 Cozen O’Connor Attorneys Named Best Lawyers and Ones to Watch By The Best Lawyers In America

August 20, 2020

Best Lawyers selected 200 Cozen O’Connor lawyers from 23 of the firm’s nationwide offices for inclusion in the 2021 edition of The Best Lawyers in America© (Copyright 2020 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, SC).

Why Bayer Settled Roundup and Dicamba Litigation

June 26, 2020

Brett Nicole Taylor was featured in Successful Farming discussing how it’s costing Bayer between $11 and $12 billion to settle the dicamba and Roundup lawsuits that accompanied its 2018 $63 billion acquisition of Monsanto.

Super Lawyers Names Four Cozen O’Connor Attorneys 2020 Southern California Rising Stars

June 19, 2020

Super Lawyers has named four Cozen O'Connor attorneys to its 2020 Southern California Rising Stars list.

Publications

Are Your Old Cannabis and CBD Contracts Enforceable? Maybe Not. [Alert]

July 09, 2020

Brett Taylor discusses the California Appellate Court's decision in Susan Metsch et al. v. Jesse Heinowitz et al.

EPA versus the State of California: An Important Glyphosate Update [Products Liability Prevention & Defense Blog]

August 20, 2019

Glyphosate is a widely used herbicide perhaps best known for being the active ingredient in the blockbuster weed killer Roundup®.  As many readers are probably aware, Roundup® is currently the subject of both state and federal litigation in which numerous plaintiffs allege that using Roundup® caused...

What the Food Industry Needs to Know About the New Prop 65 Warning Requirements [Food Safety Magazine]

October 02, 2018

Brett Taylor, a member of the firm's Commercial Litigation Department, authored "What the Food Industry Needs to Know About the New Prop 65 Warning Requirements" for Food Safety Magazine.

Pay Attention To The Law And The Science Of Cannabidiol

May 09, 2018

Brett Taylor and Amy Alderfer, members of the firm's Commercial Litigation Department, co-authored, "Pay Attention To The Law And The Science Of Cannabidiol," for Law360.

The Legality of Cannabidiol and Concerns Regarding False Advertising [Products Liability Prevention & Defense Blog]

April 17, 2018

The legality of marijuana (also known as cannabis) has been a popular topic in recent years with thirty states and the District of Columbia having laws that legalize marijuana in some form.  However, under federal law, marijuana is a Schedule I drug and remains illegal for all purposes. Schedule I...

Events & Seminars

Upcoming Events

The Ever Changing Landscape of California Invasion of Privacy Act Litigation

November 21, 2024 - Webinar

Matthew Evan Lewitz, Brett Nicole Taylor, Alexander Robinson, and Robert Rubenstein will present “The Ever Changing Landscape of California Invasion of Privacy Act Litigation” for the Southern California Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel.

Past Events

Arbitration and Mediation

December 12, 2023 - Webinar

New California Code on Mediations

May 21, 2019 - Los Angeles, CA

Education

  • Pepperdine University School of Law, J.D., 2010
  • University of Southern California, B.S., 2007

Awards & Honors

California Super Lawyer Rising Star, 2018-2024

Best Lawyers in America "Ones to Watch" 2021-2025

  • California
  • Florida

Century City Bar Association (Board of Governors 2017-present, President 2022-2023, President-Elect 2021-2022, Vice President 2020-2021, Treasurer 2019-2020, Secretary 2018-2019)

Editor, Century City Bar Association Newsletter