Jay T. Taylor

Jay T. Taylor


Friday Eldredge & Clark LLP

Recognized since 2007

Little Rock, Arkansas

Practice Areas

Commercial Finance Law

Real Estate Law

Securities / Capital Markets Law

Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2025 - Commercial Finance Law
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Jay T. Taylor is a partner in the firm’s Real Estate/Commercial Transactions Practice Group. Jay’s practice is focused heavily on commercial financing transactions. Jay has substantial experience structuring and closing New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) transactions, renewable energy tax credit transactions, low-income housing tax credit transactions and conventional commercial real estate and commercial/industrial lending transactions. Jay is nationally recognized as a qualified active low-income community business (QALICB) counsel in NMTC transactions, closing numerous NMTC transactions throughout the country. Jay also represents financial institutions in commercial lending transactions and owners/developers in all aspects of the acquisition, development and operation of commercial real estate. Jay’s work on behalf of clients has been recognized by lawyer rating organizations and his peers. In 2012, Best Lawyers in America named Jay as the Real Estate Lawyer of the Year in Little Rock. Jay is perennially listed in The Best Lawyers in America and Chambers and Partners USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. Jay is also recognized by Mid-South Super Lawyers as a “Super Lawyer” and was listed in Arkansas Business for Top 40 Under 40. Jay is a graduate of Leadership Arkansas and Leadership Greater Little Rock.

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Location
  • 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000
    Little Rock, AR 72201-3493
Education
  • Emory University, JD, graduated 1997
  • University of Arkansas at Little Rock, B.A., graduated 1994
Bar Admissions
  • Arkansas, 2000
  • Georgia, 1997

Friday Eldredge & Clark LLP
Headquarters: Little Rock, Arkansas

61 The Best Lawyers in America® awards

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Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2025 - Commercial Finance Law Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2024 - Real Estate Law Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2021 - Real Estate Law Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2012 - Real Estate Law
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Commercial Finance Law, Little Rock (2025)
  • Real Estate Law, Little Rock (2024)
  • Real Estate Law, Little Rock (2021)
  • Real Estate Law, Little Rock (2012)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 for work in:
  • Commercial Finance Law
  • Real Estate Law
  • Securities / Capital Markets Law

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