
From left, Taylor & Patchen LLP co-founder and managing partner Stephen E. Taylor, co-founder Jonathan A. Patchen, partner Cheryl A. Cauley.
When Theranos whistleblower Tyler Shultz divulged to the Wall Street Journal the company's blood testing machines regularly failed quality-control checks, Taylor & Patchen LLP defended him.
Shultz's grandfather, former secretary of state George P. Shultz, sat on the board of the blood testing company. That did not, however, stop Theranos' lawyers from coming out aggressively against his grandson.