Commercial Litigation Construction Law Litigation - Construction Litigation - Real Estate
Ryal W. Tayloe
Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2009 Awarded Practice Areas
Biography
Ryal is an experienced litigator. He has handled a wide range of litigation cases in state and federal courts, many of them jury trials. Ryal has extensive construction law experience, including lien law, federal and state bond claims, and defective workmanship cases. He also has significant experience with agribusiness litigation, property owner association disputes, personal injury, and all types of real estate disputes, including title insurance claims, trespass, adverse possession, condemnation, easement rights, and wrongful timber cutting. Ryal has been rated by his peers as being "preeminent" in his fields of law.
Ryal is a frequent speaker on a variety of legal topics. Most recently, he spoke at a seminar entitled "Contemporary Topics in Water/Wastewater Construction" hosted by the North Carolina Section of the American Water Works Association (NC AWWA) and The North Carolina Member Association of the Water Environment Federation (NC WEA) in Wilmington on December 6, 2016. His presentation covered Construction Performance Bonds, which included Performance and Maintenance Bonds for Water and Wastewater Projects and Subdivision Development Bonds that ensure infrastructure in a proposed residential subdivision will be properly and completely installed.
Overview
Wilmington, North Carolina
- Wake Forest University, J.D., graduated 1982
- The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, AB, graduated 1979
- North Carolina, 1982
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- American Board of Trial Advocates - Member
- International Right of Way Association - Member
- North Carolina Bar Association - Sections: Construction Law; Litigation
- North Carolina Land Title Association - Member
- Wilmington-Cape Fear Home Builders Association - Member
- All state courts in North Carolina
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina
- United States Supreme Court
Wilmington, North Carolina
- North Carolina, 1982
- * Please see the following websites for an explanation of the membership standards for the following recognitions: - www.bestlawyers.com; businessnc.com/special-sections/legal-elite/; and www.superlawyers.com/north-carolina.
- American Board of Trial Advocates - Member
- International Right of Way Association - Member
- North Carolina Bar Association - Sections: Construction Law; Litigation
- North Carolina Land Title Association - Member
- Wilmington-Cape Fear Home Builders Association - Member
- Wake Forest University, J.D., graduated 1982
- The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, AB, graduated 1979
- All state courts in North Carolina
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina
- United States Supreme Court
Client Testimonials
Awards & Focus
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
- Litigation - Construction, Wilmington, NC (2025)
- Litigation - Construction, Wilmington, NC (2021)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 for work in:
- Commercial Litigation
- Construction Law
- Litigation - Construction
- Litigation - Real Estate
Additional Areas of Practice:
- Bet-the-Company Litigation
Special Focus:
- Commercial Litigation
- Construction
- COVID-19
Awards:
- "Lawyer of the Year," Best Lawyers®, 2021
- "Legal Elite," Construction, Business North Carolina, 2022-2023
- The Best Lawyers in America, 2009-2024
- "Super Lawyer," North Carolina Super Lawyers, 2013-2024
News & Media
Case History
Transactions
- Represented the owner of property adjoining a man-made harbor
Represented the owner of property adjoining a man-made harbor to establish the navigability of the harbor and the riparian rights of the property owner
- Represented a landlord in a dispute with its commercial tenant
Represented a landlord in a dispute with its commercial tenant resulting in the collection in full of back rent in an amount in excess of $200,000
- Won Summary Judgment for the owner of a defunct golf course
Won Summary Judgment for the owner of a defunct golf course in a residential community against residents' claims that they had easement rights in the golf course preventing the golf course owner from the residential development of the golf course property.
- Represented a property owner in the path of the Military Cutoff Extension
Represented a property owner in the path of the Military Cutoff Extension in condemnation actions against the DOT resulting in settlements exceeding $10,000,000.00.
- Represented a property owners' association whose roads and sewer system were not completed by a bankrupt developer.
Represented a property owners' association whose roads and sewer system were not completed by a bankrupt developer. The POA recovered a settlement in excess of $1.5 million from a development bond posted by the developer in favor of the County.
- Represented a 500+ member property owners' association
Represented a 500+ member property owners' association over a defectively constructed marina against the developer and others involved in the construction, resulting in a settlement of just under $1 million
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