Scott J Scherr

Scott is the proud father of four children, and has family all over Texas and Colorado. He is currently a Member at Payne, Malechek, Scherr, Campbell & Moore, P.C., and has been trying lawsuits throughout Texas in both State and Federal Courts, and in arbitration proceedings since 1992. He started his legal career doing insurance defense, employment and business litigation in Dallas with Godwin & Carlton in 1992, and then with Pezzulli & Associates.

Scott is currently admitted to practice before all Texas State Courts, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and the Supreme Court of the United States.

Scott earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Texas A&M University, where he was also in the Corps of Cadets and Parson’s Mounted Calvary. After working as a sales representative for several years, he went back to school and earned his J.D. from South Texas College of Law. While in law school, Scott was an Associate Editor of the South Texas Law Review and authored the Case Note “A Remote Manufacturer May Be Held Grossly Negligent As A Matter of Law In Spite Of Any Warnings Provided To An Intermediary Not In The Direct Chain Of Distribution.” 31 S. Tex. L. Rev. 697 (1990). He was also a member of the Association of Trial Lawyers Varsity Mock Trial Team, was inducted into the Delta Theta Phi Legal Fraternity and received a Distinguished Service Award from the South Texas Law Review.

Currently, Scott is Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law, and has been a member of numerous civic and professional organizations, including the State Bar of Texas, the Brazos County Bar Association, the Dallas County Bar Association, the Houston Bar Association, the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, the American Bar Association, the Texas Trial Lawyers Association, the Dallas Association of Young Lawyers (Co-Chair Judiciary Committee, 1997-1999), the Texas Aggie Bar Association, the Brazos Valley Human Resource Management Association, the Society for Human Resource Management Association, the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, the American Board of Trial Advocates, and Christ United Methodist Church where he served on the Church Council. He is also a certified mediator.