After growing up in Chapel Hill, Attorney Hastings graduated from UNC with a degree in political science. He later received his JD from the oldest law school in the country, and at that time the #1 ranked school in the nation, William & Mary's Marshall-Wythe School of Law. After that, he came home and passed the North Carolina Bar, fulfilling a childhood dream to practice law in the community to which he owes his success. Taylor has represented clients in dozens of counties in North Carolina at district, superior, and appellate court levels. He is not scared to use his trial experience to better an outcome for his clients, but he also considers pretrial and alternative dispute resolution options with a pragmatic and deliberate mind.