Kimberly Taylor has served as a Vice President of the North Carolina Bar Association, as chair of the education committee of the N.C. Association of District Court Judges and as chair of the Rural Courts Commission. She also served on the Board of the Association of Women Attorneys and was elected Judge of the Year in 2008. Ms. Taylor and her husband Timothy Byrd have 5 children – their middle son, Jarrett, was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder at age 3. She currently serves on the Board of the Autism Research Institute.