John Taylor

Education: St. Olaf College (BA Economics, 2001); University of South Dakota (Juris Doctorate, 2006). Captain, US Army 2006-2014. Bar Admission: South Dakota, 2006; Minnesota, 2022.

Aviation Ratings: ATP (helicopter), Commercial Multi-Engine, Single Engine Land & Sea, CFI/II, MEI, A&P/IA.

John served as a US Army Aviation Officer and CH-47 Chinook helicopter pilot from 2006 to 2014, having been stationed in Alabama, Alaska and Kansas. He served two overseas combat tours in Pakistan (2010) and Afghanistan (2013-14). John's service decorations include the Meritorious Service Medal, and Bronze Star.

John left the Army in late 2014 to join his father William Taylor in private practice in Sioux Falls.

John is an active pilot and serves on the Board of the Sioux Falls Regional Airport Authority and the South Dakota Aeronautics Commission. Additionally John is a member of the EAA Legal Advisory Panel and an AOPA Panel Attorney. In his free time John enjoys spending time with his wife and three children, tinkering with airplanes, and anything involving the outdoors.

Practice Areas

• Aviation law
• Criminal law
• Environmental law & drainage issues
• Estate planning
• Real estate & transactional matters