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Former Commissioner Aisha Taylor was appointed to the South Carolina Workers’ Compensation Commission in January 2013 and served under two governors until June of 2026. While on the Commission, she provided strategic leadership in implementing electronic filing and case management for stakeholders and championed community service through her ex officio board membership with Kids’ Chance of South Carolina.

Before serving on the Commission, Aisha was a shareholder at Collins & Lacy, P.C. in Columbia, South Carolina. She practiced primarily in workers’ compensation defense and employment law. Her early legal work includes clerkships with Strom Law Firm and the Honorable Brooks P. Goldsmith.

Aisha earned a Juris Doctor from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 2006, where she was president of the Sport & Entertainment Law Society and secretary of the Black Law Students Association. She received the CALI Award for Race, Education, and the Constitution in 2005. Commissioner Taylor earned her Bachelor of Science in Sport & Entertainment Management, with a minor in Business Administration, from the University of South Carolina in 2002, where she was a team captain of the 2002 Women’s Track & Field National Championship Team and a four-year SEC Scholar Athlete.

Aisha enjoys professional and civic memberships with the South Carolina Bar Association, the Federal Bar Association, and the Richland County Bar Association. She previously served as a member of the American Bar Association, where she was involved in the Labor & Employment Section. She is a member of the Stanford E. Lacy Workers’ Compensation American Inn of Court.

Aisha lives in Blythewood, South Carolina, with her husband and two children. She is a member of Perfecting Faith Church and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. She coaches volleyball for Cardinal Newman School and SC Midlands Volleyball Club.

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