Olivier Taillieu

Practice areas

Personal Injury – General: Plaintiff, Personal Injury – Products: Plaintiff

Focus areas

Animal Bites, Assault, Brain Injury, Construction Accident, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Personal Injury – Plaintiff, Premises Liability – Plaintiff, Sexual Abuse – Plaintiff, Slip and Fall, Trucking Accidents, Wrongful Death

Olivier Taillieu, a distinguished trial lawyer with exceptional skills, serves as a partner at the BD&J, PC law firm in Beverly Hills, California. With a career spanning over two decades, he has achieved substantial financial recoveries, totaling tens of millions of dollars, for his clients in diverse personal injury cases. These cases encompass a wide spectrum of scenarios:

• Automobile accidents
• Cases involving wrongful death
• Trucking accidents
• Claims related to defective products
• Premises liability issues
• Injuries sustained by pedestrians
• Incidents of animal bites
• Severe, life-altering injuries

Having graduated summa cum laude in communications from Arizona State University in 1996, Mr. Taillieu emerged as a top performer in his class. He proceeded to earn his J.D. from The George Washington University Law School in 1999, where he excelled as the managing editor of The George Washington Law Review. His legal journey included clerkships with 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.

Throughout his career, Mr. Taillieu has adeptly handled intricate legal matters while maintaining a steadfast commitment to his clients’ best interests. He applies his comprehensive legal knowledge and precise understanding of the law to secure the future of those he represents and ensure justice prevails, preventing similar legal issues from arising again.

Renowned for his expertise in traumatic brain injuries (TBI) and his history of successful cases, Mr. Taillieu frequently delivers presentations to legal and medical professionals. He is a faculty member in the ABOTA trial skills program, where he imparts knowledge on TBI, trial advocacy, and related subjects. His insights have also reached a wide audience through appearances on prominent national and international television shows, including Good Morning America, Nightline, NBC Nightly News, and The O’Reilly Factor.

Mr. Taillieu remains actively engaged with his legal peers through memberships in esteemed organizations like the American Board of Trial Advocates, the Association of Business Trial Lawyers, and the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (CAALA). He holds positions on the boards of both the Consumer Attorneys of California and CAALA, and he generously volunteers as a ski instructor for the Disabled Sports Eastern Sierra program.

Earning high esteem from fellow professionals, Mr. Taillieu earned a nomination for the Leaders in Law Award from the Los Angeles Business Journal. He boasts an “Excellent” rating on Avvo, and his contributions to legal literature include numerous publications addressing traumatic brain injuries and various facets of trial practice in Advocate Magazine.