John Scott is a senior partner at Starnes Davis Florie and has served as a member of the firm's Executive Committee. He has been named as one of the top attorneys in Alabama by Alabama Super Lawyers® and is included in Best Lawyers in America®. Practice John's practice is primarily devoted to complex civil litigation and arbitration involving contractual and other commercial disputes, financial services claims, insurance service and sales claims, and securities disputes, as well as products liability claims. He has over 35 years of litigation experience representing a wide variety of parties in complex commercial as well as personal injury matters. He has also served as a neutral arbitrator on the panel of commercial arbitrators for the American Arbitration Association in numerous arbitrations. Highlights * Obtained a jury verdict in favor of a regional bank on all claims in a case alleging negligence or wantonness in allowing monies to be withdrawn from an equity line account of the plaintiff by their son, resulting in damages and alleging invasion of privacy due to numerous collection calls from the defendant, bank, to the borrower's home. * Obtained a jury verdict in excess of $800,000 in favor of a mortgage loan broker against a former manager/employee. * Obtained FINRA arbitration award in excess of $100,000 and injunctive relief arising out of misappropriation of customer information by securities broker. * Successfully defended claims against a local state bank involving checking account forgery. *Obtained an arbitration award in excess of $300,000 in favor of a mortgage loan broker against a former manager/employee. * Currently representing local bank in litigation involving complex financing of sewer debt in Jefferson County, Alabama. * Has successfully represented lenders and mortgage loan brokers in a number of complex cases, including putative class actions, involving claims under the Truth-in-Lending Act, Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act and other federal statutes and state common law. * Has successfully represented a manufacturer of tubing in products liability litigation with a Turkish radiator manufacturer. Community Involvement John is a member of the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel and the Alabama Defense Lawyers Association. He has served as a member of the Board of Trustees and Board of Directors of Episcopal Foundation of Jefferson County for a number of years and is a member of the Kiwanis Club of Birmingham and the Monday Morning Quarterback Club. He has also served as a Deacon and Trustee of Mountain Brook Baptist Church. Reported Cases Woods v. SunTrust Bank, --- So. 3d ---, 2041
WL 4133633 (Ala. Civ. App. 2011) Gloor v. BancorpSouth,
925 So. 2d 984 (Ala.Civ.App. 2005) Greenbrier Village, L.L.C. v. City of Mountain Brook,
345 F.3d 1258 (11th Cir. 2003) Bronson & Migliaccio, LLP v. Kinsey,
228 F.Supp. 2d 1315 (N.D. Ala. 2002) Eastside Development, Inc. v. Medical Plaza East, POB, LLC, 852 So. 2d 96 (Ala. 2002) Brooks v. J.C. Penney Life Insurance Co.,
231 F.Supp. 2d 1136 (N.D. Ala. 2002) Russell Corp. v. Sullivan,
790 So. 2d 940 (Ala. 2001) NationsBanc Investments, Inc. v. Paramore,
736 So. 2d 589 (Ala. 1999) Skyline Steel Corp. v. RDI/Caesars Riverboat Casino, LLC,
44 F.Supp. 2d 1337 (N.D. Ala. 1999) Ex parte Russell Corp.,
703 So. 2d 953 (Ala. 1997) Johnson v. Alabama Power Co.,
664 So. 2d 877 (Ala. 1995) Ex parte Day,
611 So. 2d 230 (Ala. 1992) Taffet v. Southern Co.,
967 F.2d 1483 (11th Cir. 1992) Central Bancshares of the South, Inc. v. Puckett,
584 So. 2d 829 (Ala. 1991) Alabama Power Co. v. Smith.
575 So. 2d 1084 (Ala. 1991) Campbell v. Alabama Power Co.,
567 So. 2d 1222 (Ala. 1990) McElrath v. Alabama Power Co.,
554 So. 2d 994 (Ala. 1989) Alabama Power Co. v. Wallace,
548 So. 2d 1372 (Ala. 1989) State of Ala. v. U.S. E.P.A.,
711 F.Supp. 574 (M.D. Ala. 1988) Riverchase Homeowners Protective Ass'n, Inc. v. City of Hoover, 531 So. 2d 645 (Ala. 1988) Ex parte Thomson McKinnon Securities, Inc.,
517 So. 2d 614 (Ala. 1987) Terry Properties, Inc. v. Standard Oil Co. (Ind.),
799 F.2d 1523 (11th Cir. 1986) Ramer v. City of Hoover,
437 So. 2d 455 (Ala. 1983) Speeches And Publications John has co-authored an article published in the Cumberland Law Review, Vol. 38, No. 3 (2007-2008), entitled "A Practitioner's Guide to Recovery of Mental Anguish/Emotional Distress Damages in Alabama." He has also served as a lecturer on numerous occasions in seminars conducted by the Alabama Bar Institute for Continuing Legal Education. John has also served as a faculty member of the Alabama Defense Lawyers Trial Academy. Related News 9/1/2011, Sixteen Starnes Attorneys Named to Best Lawyers 2012 4/29/2011, Twenty Starnes Attorneys Listed in Alabama Super Lawyers 8/7/2010, Sixteen Starnes Attorneys Named to Best Lawyers 2011 5/1/2010, Ten Attorneys Named to Alabama Super Lawyers 2010 3/1/2010, John Scott Obtains Jury Verdict in Favor of Regional Bank 8/5/2009, Fourteen S&A Attorneys Named to Best Lawyers 2010 5/6/2009, Ten Starnes Attorneys Named to Alabama Super Lawyers 1/23/2009, Starnes Attorneys Published Article in Cumberland Law Review 9/22/2008, Twelve S&A Attorneys Named to Best Lawyers 2009 |