Practice Areas
- Damages Mitigation
- Medical Malpractice Defense
- Premises Liability
- Products Liability
A founding partner of Huff Powell Bailey, Scott's litigation practice focuses on the defense of healthcare providers and institutions, as well as product and device manufacturers. Scott also handles general liability cases of significant exposure. He has tried cases all over the state of Georgia and in some of the worst venues in the state for the defense.
Scott has been defending medical malpractice and other healthcare related cases since 1996. He was formerly with Alston & Bird in Atlanta where he was a member of several national litigation teams defending clients in mass tort, multidistrict, and class action litigation. Scott has tried over 50 cases as lead counsel, all but two of the cases resulted in defense verdict or directed verdict.
Scott has been repeatedly recognized by his peers as a Georgia SuperLawyer or Rising Star. He is also a charter fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America, a trial lawyer honorary society. He was recognized in 2009 as a member of the Lexis-Nexis Bar Registry of Preeminent Lawyers and is a recent invited member of the Professional Liability Defense Foundation. In 2013 he was privileged to be elected as a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates. More recently in 2019, Scott was inducted into the prestigious Amercian College of Trial Lawyers. Founded in 1950, the College is composed of the best of the trial bar from the United States and Canada. Fellowship in the College is extended by invitation only and only after careful investigation, to those experienced trial lawyers of diverse backgrounds, who have mastered the art of advocacy and whose professional careers have been marked by the highest standards of ethical conduct, professionalism, civility and collegiality. Lawyers must have a minimum of fifteen years trial experience before they can be considered for Fellowship. Membership in the College cannot exceed one percent of the total lawyer population of any state or province.
- Participated in all phases of litigation, including extensive trial and appellate experience
- Successful resolution of numerous cases at summary judgment
- Has taken over 50 medical and complex cases to trial in some of the worst venues for the defense in Georgia
- Defense verdicts in multiple cases involving death and catastrophic lifelong injuries
- Represented physicians and mid-level providers for investigations by and complaints made to the Georgia Composite Medical Board
- Georgia SuperLawyer Rising Star 2005 – 2006
- Georgia SuperLawyer 2007 – 2020
- Member, American Board of Trial Advocates
- Lexis-Nexis Bar Registry of Preeminent Lawyers
- Fellow, The American College of Trial Lawyers
- Georgia Court of Appeals
- Georgia Supreme Court
- U.S. District Court, Northern and Middle Districts of Georgia
- State Bar of Georgia
- Atlanta Bar Association
- Defense Research Institute
- American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA)
- Inducted into the prestigious American College of Trial Lawyers, 2019
- B.A., Journalism, University of Georgia (1990)
- J.D., Georgia State University (1996)