Van Matre, Harrison, Hollis, Pitzer, & Taylor P.C.

Founded over 30 years ago, Van Matre has built a local and national reputation for excellence.

By providing superior service to our clients, we continued to grow and broaden our activities immensely. Although we represent many clients with very large and complex operations that span the entire country and have built up a national reputation for excellence in business, real estate, and other areas, we are still driven to provide each client, no matter their size or sophistication, with personalized, value-adding services, primarily in Columbia, Jefferson City, and the Mid-Missouri region.

Although we are a small firm, our lawyers pride themselves on providing a wide range of legal services that include contracts; business formation and planning; corporate, securities, and tax structuring; real estate acquisition and development; real estate and general commercial litigation; municipal government work; financing transactions; employment; wills, trusts, and estate planning services; and a variety of other legal practice areas.

Furthermore, even though we routinely represent clients in deals involving other large law firms located as far away as New York City and Los Angeles, we charge a fraction of their fees. Accordingly, we not only provide sophisticated legal services, but we save our clients money as well.

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About Garrett Taylor

Garrett S. Taylor primarily practices in the areas of civil litigation, real estate, contracts, and general commercial law, with an emphasis on business litigation and real estate litigation. He also assists clients in estate planning and real estate development, including land use zoning.
He is a member of the Missouri Bar and Boone County Bar Association.

Bar Admissions

• Missouri, 2002

Education

• University of Missouri Columbia School of Law, Columbia, Missouri, 2002
• Law Journal: Journal of Dispute Resolution
• University of Missouri – Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, 1999
 B.S.
, Major: Finance and Banking

Published Works

• Read the Find Print – Alabama Supreme Court Rules that Binding Arbitration Provisions in Written Warranties are Okay, Journal of Dispute Resolution, J. Disp. Resol., 165, 2001
• Be Careful What You Say in Mediation – Indiana Supreme Court Rules That Oral Settlement Agreements Reached in Mediation Must Be in Writing to Be Enforceable, Journal of Dispute Resolution, J. Disp. Resol., 375, 2001

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Missouri Bar
 – Member
• Boone County Bar Association – 
Member

Past Employment Positions

• Turner, Reid, Duncan, Loomer, and Patton, 2002 – 2003

Birth Information

• May 25, 1977, Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America