Bio

• Nicolas Taulbee joined the Missouri Attorney General’s Office in January 2009 in the Financial Services Division where he represented the Missouri Department of Social Services in state and federal court in cases involving paternity, child support, state debt, and other administrative law issues. In May 2016, he transferred to the Litigation Division where he defends agencies and individuals in state and federal court.

Practice Areas

• Constitutional law
• Employment law
• Tort law

Admitted to Practice

• Missouri, 2008
• U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri, 2010
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit, 2012; U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit, 2015

Education

• University of Iowa College of Law, Juris Doctor, 2008, Phi Delta Phi, Student Externship with Chief Judge Robert Pratt, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa (January 2007-May 2007), Bordeaux Law Program (Summer 2006), Summer Institute in International and Comparative Law (Summer 2006)
• University of Central Missouri, Bachelor of Science in Political Science, 2005, Magna Cum Laude, Honors College, Student Government Association (2004-2005), Wrestling (2001-2002)

Honors & Awards

• 2013 Missouri Attorney General’s Excellence in Litigation Award