Taylor Porter has provided many years of community service to more than 100 nonprofit organizations and leadership agencies across the state of Louisiana. Whether serving on the Boards of Directors of nonprofit organizations or making contributions of time and treasure to worthwhile causes, our employees make significant contributions to the communities in which they live and work, and Taylor Porter has embraced the role of “corporate citizen” and continued a strong tradition of community service.Below is a list of the community and professional organizations that our Firm has impacted through donations, volunteerism, and board leadership positions:
American Bar Association, Rebecca Hinton – Taxation Section Committee Member
American Red Cross, Capital Area Chapter, Ryan French – Board Vice-Chair
Baton Rouge Area Chamber (BRAC), Bob Barton – General Counsel; Brett Furr, Business Development Advisory Counsel; Barrye P. Miyagi, Diversity & Inclusion Council.
Baton Rouge Area Foundation (BRAF), John McDermott – Professional Advisors Council
Baton Rouge Bar Association, Amy Lambert – Past President, Trey Tumminello – Board of Directors
Former Taylor Porter Attorneys Who Served as BRBA Presidents - Benjamin B. Taylor (1931); C. Vernon Porter (1932); Laurance W. Brooks (1950); Charles W. Phillips (1961); B. B. Taylor, Jr. (1967); Frank W. Middleton, Jr. (1974); Gerald L. Walter, Jr. (1977); W. Shelby McKenzie (1983); Eugene R. Groves (1997); Gregory E. Bodin (2005); Michael S. Walsh (2013)
Baton Rouge Blues Foundation, Anne Crochet – Former Member of Board and Executive Committee
Baton Rouge Country Club, Brett Furr – General Counsel and Ex-Officio Executive Committee Member
Baton Rouge Green, Tom Easterly – Board Member, Immediate Past President
Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra, Blue Loupe – Immediate Past Chair
Boys & Girls Club of Greater Baton Rouge, John McDermott - Vice Chair
Boy Scouts of America, Istrouma Area Council, Tom Easterly – General Counsel; Skip Philips, Advisory Board Member
Cadets of the Ole War Skule, Skip Philips – Board Member, Past President
Catholic High School
City Club of Baton Rouge, Anne Crochet - Board of Governors, Vice President
City Year Baton Rouge, Blue Loupe
The Committee of 100 for Economic Development, Inc., Skip Philips - Member
Crime Stoppers of Greater Baton Rouge, Eddie Hughes - Board Member
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation - Baton Rouge Chapter, Coulter McMahen - Capital City's Finest Honoree and Fundraiser
Dialogue on Race Louisiana, Barrye Miyagi, Vicki Crochet, and Tommy Gildersleeve - Class Graduates
Emerge Center, Vicki Crochet – Board Member
Episcopal High School, John Stone Campbell – Board of Trustees
Estate and Business Planning Council of Baton Rouge, Rebecca Hinton – President and Board Member
Federal Bar Association, Baton Rouge Chapter, John Parker - Past President
First Presbyterian Church, Brett Furr – Trustee and Elder; Lloyd Lunceford - Governing Board
First United Methodist Church of Baton Rouge, Katie Goodson – Board Member, HYPE After School Program; Amy Groves Lowe – Church Council Member
Foundation for Historical Louisiana (Preserve Louisiana), Kiki Bergeron – Former Board Member
Gaitway Therapeutic Horsemanship, Marc Whitfield – Board Member
Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank, Eddie Hughes – Former Board Chair
Hope Ministries, Bob Barton – Former Board Chair
Louisiana Association of Business & Industry (LABI), Bob Barton, Board Member; Coulter McMahen - Emerging Leaders Council
Louisiana Bar Foundation, Skip Philips – Past President
Louisiana State Law Institute, Rick Norman – Council Member; Skip Philips – Council Member
Louisiana Veterans Museum Foundation, Tom Peak - Board of Trustees
LSU Alumni Association, Coulter McMahen - Young Alumni Advisory Council
Manship Theatre at the Shaw Center for the Arts, Bob Barton - Board of Directors
Mary Bird Perkins , Brett Furr – Board Member
The Miracle League at Cypress Mounds - Coulter McMahen, Volunteer Coach
Muscular Dystrophy Association Legal Leaders, Tom Easterly – Former Founding Member
Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, Skip Philips – Board of Directors
Pelican Leadership Academy, Coulter McMahen- Member
Theatre Baton Rouge, Trey Tummiello, Board of Governors
Totes de Joie - Kiki Bergeron - Former Board Member
University Laboratory School Foundation, Robin Toups - Chair, Katie Goodson - Board Member
YMCA of Greater Baton Rouge, Leah Cook – Charles W. Lamar Jr. YMCA Board Member