About Scott

LOUISIANA & CALIFORNIA (2026)

In 2026, Scott launched his own law firm – Peebles Law Offices. He represents people with injuries, people with property insurance disputes, and people who have disputes with their employer. He considers representing any person who has been unjustly harmed and needs his help.

LOUISIANA & CALIFORNIA (2003-2025)

In 2003 after serving as an Assistant District Attorney in New Orleans, Scott developed a distinguished civil litigation and trial record over 20 years in both Louisiana and California. He has made recoveries for hundreds of people injured due to the recklessness or negligence of others, people injured from the dangerous products of companies, and people with property insurance and employment disputes.

In 2025, the insurance company for homeowner Ellen Williams convinced a judge that Ms. Williams was ineligible to make an insurance claim on her policy, even though she spent years paying premiums. Her home had suffered devastating damage from Hurricane Ida. But the judge ruled that under the terms of her policy, only the bank that held the mortgage against her home could make a claim for the insurance benefits. The judge disqualified Ms. Williams from making any recovery, and from even having her day in court.

After this ruling, Scott took over the case. He brought an appeal to the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. There, he argued that the first judge was wrong. The appellate court agreed and REVERSED the first judge, giving Ms. Williams a chance to fight her insurance company and make her claim for the benefits she badly needed to repair her home.*

This was just one of more than 100 cases for which Scott personally fought for the rights of home and business owners who were denied coverage or underpaid by their insurer after they suffered property damage from Hurricanes Delta, Laura, and Ida. Scott enabled clients to make recoveries against their insurer who had otherwise denied or severely undervalued their insurance claim.

Throughout his career, Scott has tried over 40 jury trials to verdict for clients who were injured by auto accidents, pedestrians who tripped and slipped because of a defective walking surface, company product defects, and many others. One of the most prominent was a $30.2 million dollar verdict in 2018 that he won for Norris Morgan, a victim who was exposed to asbestos fibers and developed mesothelioma, a deadly cancer. (Norris Morgan vs. [J-M Manufacturing Co., Inc.], et al., Case No. BC695605, Los Angeles County Superior Court) The verdict earned Scott an official commendation from the mayor of the City of Lancaster, and the 2018 Top Verdict Winner in California for an asbestos-related injury.*

Scott has litigated many cases as the first chair lead trial attorney that each settled against the case defendants for several millions of dollars, including:*

• Asbestos Injury – Norris Morgan vs. [J-M Manufacturing Co., Inc.], et al $30.2 million verdict (Los Angeles County, 2018)
• Property Insurance Dispute – John Doe v. Defendants (Calcasieu Parish, 2024) $million+ settlement (confidential)
• Property Insurance Dispute – John Doe v. Defendants (Calcasieu Parish, 2024) $million+ settlement (confidential)
• Property Insurance Dispute – John Doe v. Defendants (Calcasieu Parish, 2024) $million+ settlement (confidential)
• Property Insurance Dispute – John Doe v. Defendants (Calcasieu Parish, 2023) $million+ settlement (confidential)
• Auto Injury – John Doe v. Defendants (Calcasieu Parish, 2023) $million+ settlement (confidential)
• Property Insurance Dispute – John Doe v. Defendants (Calcasieu Parish, 2023) $million+ settlement (confidential)
• Asbestos Injury – John Doe v Defendants (Los Angeles County, 2019) $multi-million settlement (confidential)
• Asbestos Injury – John Doe v Defendants (Orleans Parish, 2019) $multi-million settlement (confidential)
• Asbestos Injury –  John Doe v Defendants (Los Angeles County, 2019) $multi-million settlement (confidential)
• Asbestos Injury – John Doe v Defendants (Madison County, 2019) $multi-million settlement (confidential)
• Asbestos Injury – John Doe v Defendants (Los Angeles County, 2019) $multi-million settlement (confidential) *Scott was not lead trial counsel on this one case, his part in the litigation and motions to compel documents led to a multi-million dollar settlement against a case defendant.
• Asbestos Injury – John Doe v Defendants (Los Angeles County, 2018) $multi-million settlement (confidential)
• Asbestos Injury – John Doe v Defendants (Los Angeles County, 2018) $multi-million settlement (confidential)
• Asbestos Injury – John Doe v Defendants (Los Angeles County, 2018) $multi-million settlement (confidential)
• Asbestos Injury – John Doe v Defendants (Los Angeles County, 2018)$multi-million settlement (confidential)
• Asbestos Injury – John Doe v Defendants (Los Angeles County, 2017) $multi-million settlement (confidential)
• Asbestos Injury – John Doe v Defendants (Los Angeles County, 2017) $multi-million settlement (confidential)
• Asbestos Injury – John Doe v Defendants (Los Angeles County, 2016) $multi-million settlement (confidential)
• Birth Defect Injury – John Doe v Defendants (Santa Clara County, 2015) $multi-million settlement (confidential) *Scott was not lead trial counsel on this one case, his part in the litigation and motions to compel documents led to a multi-million dollar settlement against a case defendant.

LOUISIANA (2000-2003)

Immediately after graduating from law school in 2000, Scott joined the District Attorney’s Office as a criminal prosecutor in New Orleans, Louisiana. There, he handled felony cases and won jury trials with charges as high as murder, and argued before the Louisiana Supreme Court twelve times.

Scott graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology with honors from the University of New Orleans. He earned his Juris Doctorate degree from Louisiana State University’s Paul M. Hebert Law Center in 2000. While in law school, Scott served as a member of the moot court board and captain of the school’s Philip C. Jessup International Law moot court team. The law school honored Scott with the Harry A. Johnson Memorial Endowed Scholarship for his excellence in moot court competition.