Scott D. Wilson
Sole Practitioner
Areas of Practice
- Business & Commercial Law
- Tenure Disputes with Universities
- Employment Law -- Employee
- Employment Law -- Employer
- Personal Injury -- Plaintiff
- Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff
Litigation Percentage
- 90% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions
- Louisiana, 1989
- U.S. District Court Middle District of Louisiana, 1989
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Louisiana, 1989
- U.S. District Court Western District of Louisiana, 1989
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1989
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1997
Education
- University of California at Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, Berkeley, California
- J.D. - 1989
- Honors: McBaine Moot Court Honors Competition
- Honors: Chairman, American Indian Law Students Association
- Louisiana State University Law Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- Attended, 1987-1988
- Honors: Moot Court Board
- Law Review: Louisiana Law Review
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- B.A. - 1985
- Honors: Chancellor's Freshman Honor Award, Gertrude Bott Saucier Mem. Scholarship
- Major: Political Science
Published Works
- Tort Liability for Wrongful Discharge in Louisiana, Louisiana Bar Journal, 45:3 Oct. 1997 p. 254-257, 1997
Classes/Seminars
- Graduate Instructor - Weekly Seminars in Creative Writing and Literature, University of California at Berkeley
- Employee Handbooks in Louisiana: Drafting and Enforcing Sound Procedures and Policies, National Business Institute
- Counseling the Small Business Client in Louisiana, National Business Institute
- Fundamental Issues in Human Resources Law, National Business Institute
- Employee Privacy Rights in the Louisiana Workplace, National Business Institute
- Basic Wage and Hour Law in Louisiana, National Business Institute
- Selecting and Terminating Employees in Louisiana, National Business Institute
Honors and Awards
- American Jurisprudence Award, Civil Law System
- American Indian Fellowship
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Louisiana State Bar Association, Member
- Baton Rouge Bar Association, Member
Past Employment Positions
- Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere, and Denegre, New Orleans and Baton Rouge, Associate, 1989 - 1992
