Taylor Levesque

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Taylor represents clients across various industries, including banking, consumer products, energy, financial services, insurance, and technology. His practice focuses on antitrust law, business torts, contract disputes, and government investigations. Taylor handles all phases of litigation in state and federal courts throughout the U.S., from filing to trial. He is particularly experienced in class actions and other complex litigation.

Taylor applies a thorough understanding of his clients’ businesses to evaluate their legal risks and help to efficiently resolve conflicts or avoid litigation so they can get back to business.

Taylor maintains an active pro bono practice, representing Dallas/Fort Worth residents in civil lawsuits to help stop illegal activity and shut down crime-ridden properties in local neighborhoods.

  • Defending a large European bank in antitrust litigation related to alleged manipulation of U.S. dollar LIBOR.
  • Serving as local counsel for a mortgage lender and servicer in putative class action litigation related to a cyberattack involving the extraction of customer data.
  • Defending a large insurance company in putative class action litigation related to the obligation to adjust COI rates in the Southern District of Texas.
  • Defending a large insurance company in putative class action litigation related to the obligation to adjust COI rates in the Southern District of New York.
  • Defended a company in putative class action antitrust litigation related to the alleged use of a software program with artificial intelligence to artificially inflate rental rates for multifamily housing across the U.S.
  • Defended a large European bank in antitrust litigation related to the alleged manipulation of foreign exchange (FX) benchmarks.
  • Super Lawyers® Texas Rising Star, Business Litigation (2024-2025)
  • D Magazine, Best Lawyers Under 40 (2024-2025)
  • Best Lawyers in America® Ones to Watch, Commercial Litigation (2024-2026); Litigation – Antitrust and Litigation – Intellectual Property (2026)
Overview

Taylor represents clients across various industries, including banking, consumer products, energy, financial services, insurance, and technology. His practice focuses on antitrust law, business torts, contract disputes, and government investigations. Taylor handles all phases of litigation in state and federal courts throughout the U.S., from filing to trial. He is particularly experienced in class actions and other complex litigation.

Taylor applies a thorough understanding of his clients’ businesses to evaluate their legal risks and help to efficiently resolve conflicts or avoid litigation so they can get back to business.

Taylor maintains an active pro bono practice, representing Dallas/Fort Worth residents in civil lawsuits to help stop illegal activity and shut down crime-ridden properties in local neighborhoods.

Representation Matters
  • Defending a large European bank in antitrust litigation related to alleged manipulation of U.S. dollar LIBOR.
  • Serving as local counsel for a mortgage lender and servicer in putative class action litigation related to a cyberattack involving the extraction of customer data.
  • Defending a large insurance company in putative class action litigation related to the obligation to adjust COI rates in the Southern District of Texas.
  • Defending a large insurance company in putative class action litigation related to the obligation to adjust COI rates in the Southern District of New York.
  • Defended a company in putative class action antitrust litigation related to the alleged use of a software program with artificial intelligence to artificially inflate rental rates for multifamily housing across the U.S.
  • Defended a large European bank in antitrust litigation related to the alleged manipulation of foreign exchange (FX) benchmarks.
Insights

Articles + Publications

Cloud and Competition Policy: Part VIII – Cloud Service-AI Partnerships: The FTC’s Section  6(b) Report and its Antitrust Implications in the Trump  2.0 Administration

Articles + Publications

Locke Lord QuickStudy: The Texas Business Court’s First Thirty Days

Firm News

179 Locke Lord Lawyers Named to The Best Lawyers in ‎America® ‎‎2025 List‎, 45 Recognized as Ones to Watch

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16 Locke Lord Lawyers Named 2024 Texas Rising Stars; Houston Partners Mia Lorick and Andrew Reed Named to Up-and-Coming 100 List

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Awards
  • Super Lawyers® Texas Rising Star, Business Litigation (2024-2025)
  • D Magazine, Best Lawyers Under 40 (2024-2025)
  • Best Lawyers in America® Ones to Watch, Commercial Litigation (2024-2026); Litigation – Antitrust and Litigation – Intellectual Property (2026)

Top areas of focus

  • State Bar of Texas
    • Antitrust & Business Litigation Section, 2025-2027 Council Member
  • Dallas Bar Association
    • Dallas Association of Young Lawyers, 2019 Leadership Class
  • Patrick E. Higginbotham American Inn of Court, 2022 Associate
  • Advocates for Community Transformation (ACT)
    • Legal Advocate
    • Justice Leadership Council, 2024-2025 Chair
  • Christian Legal Society
  • Good Counselor Project Fellowship, 2025 Fellow

Education

  • Baylor University School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 2018, executive editor, Baylor Law Review; Order of the Barristers
  • The University of Texas at Austin, B.A., 2015

Bar Admissions

  • Texas

Court Admissions

  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas
  • U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas
  • Speaker, “New Texas Courts: Business Court and the Fifteenth Court of Appeals,” Locke Lord, September 10, 2024.
  • Speaker, “AI’s Impact on Antitrust and Competition Law Issues,” Locke Lord, February 21, 2024.
  • Co-author, “Cloud and Competition Policy: Part VIII – Cloud Service-AI Partnerships: The FTC’s Section  6(b) Report and its Antitrust Implications in the Trump  2.0 Administration,” Concurrences, August 2025.
  • Author, “The Texas Business Court’s First Thirty Days”, Locke Lord QuickStudy, October 21, 2024.
  • Co-author, “Antitrust and Artificial Intelligence: The FTC Identifies Competition Concerns in Generative AI Markets,” Locke Lord QuickStudy, July 13, 2023.
  • Author, “Check Your Phone: States Continue to Enact Mini-TCPAs,” Locke Lord, Spring 2022.
  • Co-author, “Standing on Thin Ice? New Guidance on Standing for Data Breach Claims,” Locke Lord QuickStudy, March 5, 2021.
  • Co-author, “Statutory Privacy Claims After Spokeo, Shaky Ground or Clear Path for Standing?” Privacy & Cybersecurity Law Report, October 9, 2020.
  • Author, “Beyond Borders: COVID-19 Highlights the Potential Widespread Impact of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act,” Privacy & Cybersecurity Law Report, September 2, 2020.
  • Co-author, “Where Statutory Privacy Claims Stand After Spokeo: Shaky Ground or Clear Path for Standing?” Locke Lord QuickStudy, June 10, 2020.
  • Co-author, “Beyond Borders: COVID-19 Highlights the Potential Widespread Impact of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (‘BIPA’),” Locke Lord QuickStudy, May 20, 2020.
  • Co-author, “DOJ and FTC Set Sights on Labor Market Collusion: COVID-19 Pandemic Leads to Increased Scrutiny of No-Poaching and Wage-Fixing Agreements,” Locke Lord QuickStudy, April 16, 2020.
  • Co-author, “Merchants Beware: Price Increases Caused by the COVID-19 Pandemic Are Now Subject to Aggressive Enforcement Under State Price-Gouging Laws,” Locke Lord QuickStudy, March 13, 2020.