Layla Taylor

    • Management Labor Law

    • Management Employment Law

    • Public Sector Labor Relations

    • Employment Litigation

    • Equal Employment Opportunity Law

    • Personnel Training

    • Collective Bargaining

    • Labor Arbitration

    • Labor Relations

    • Labor Strikes

    • Unfair Labor Practices

    • Federal Employment Law

    • Wage and Hour Law

    • Personnel Policies

    • Public Sector Employment Law

    • Affirmative Action

    • Age Discrimination in Employment

    • Americans with Disabilities Act

    • Confidentiality Agreements

    • Covenants Not To Compete

    • Employee Discipline

    • Employer Rights

    • Employment Arbitration

    • Employment at Will

    • Employment Breach of Contract

    • Employment Civil Rights

    • Employment Claims

    • Employment Class Actions

    • Employment Contracts

    • Employment Defense

    • Employment Discrimination

    • Employment Immigration

    • Employment Law

    • Employment Termination

    • Fair Employment Practices

    • Fair Labor Standards

    • Family and Medical Leave Act

    • Human Resources Law

    • Labor Law

    • National Labor Relations Act

    • Noncompete Litigation

    • Noncompetition and Non-Solicitation

    • Public Sector Collective Bargaining

    • Reductions in Force

    • Restrictive Covenants

    • Retaliatory Discharge

    • Sexual Harassment

    • Title VII Discrimination

    • Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act

    • Wage and Hour Class Actions

    • WARN Act

    • Whistleblower Litigation

    • Wrongful Termination Defense

  • B.A., Syracuse University, 1998
    J.D., Western New England College School of Law, 2004

  • Massachusetts
    New York
    Vermont
    U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Layla G. Taylor

Partner

Layla G. Taylor, a partner of Sullivan, Hayes & Quinn, LLC, joined the Firm in 2004 and obtained her B.A, cum laude, from Syracuse University and her J.D., cum laude, from Western New England College School of Law. She practices labor and employment, workplace immigration and school law.  

An advisor to both private and public sector employers, Layla is a strong proponent of proactive human resources management. She regularly advises clients on legal compliance in the workplace, conducts legal audits and internal investigations, assists in workplace immigration matters and in negotiating employment contracts, separation agreements and labor contracts. She is also an experienced litigator, defending management before Federal and State courts and administrative agencies in complex matters such as wage and hour collective and class actions, unlawful employment discrimination and other disputed involving labor unions and employees. 

Ms. Taylor has written and lectured on legal topics relating to her areas of practice. She has been called upon by legal publications for comments on unique questions of employment law and has been selected five times for inclusion to the New England Super Lawyers Rising Star List.

Layla is also very active leader in her community. She has served as the President of the Board for the Women’s Fund of Western Massachusetts and Chair of the Board for the Greater Chicopee Chamber of Commerce. She is currently active with the Board of the Chicopee Chamber of Commerce and volunteers for local art and women’s leadership organizations. 

She is admitted to the bars of Massachusetts, New York, Vermont and the Federal District Court of Massachusetts.