Taylor was born and raised in Greenwood, South Carolina. She graduated from the University of South Carolina, in 2006, with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, with a dual focus on Marketing and Management.  She then moved to Charleston, South Carolina, in 2006, where she attended the Charleston School of Law.  While in law school, Taylor was an active member of the Phi Delta Phi legal fraternity, the Real Estate Society, Children's Rights and Family Law Society, and Women in Law Society. Taylor was also honored by receiving the CALI Excellence for the Future award in the study of Criminal Trial Practice.  After graduating from law school in 2009, Taylor worked as an associate for the Law Offices of Paul E. Tinkler until she recently opened her own practice in March of 2015.

Taylor has been a member of the South Carolina Bar and Charleston County Bar since being admitted to practice law in 2010.  She is also licensed to practice in the Federal District Court of South Carolina and the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.  Taylor is also a member of the National Trial Lawyers Association and was awarded the "Top 40 Under 40," in 2012. Taylor is a member of the South Carolina Association for Justice, National Women Trial Lawyers, and American Bar Association.