| Mark A. Scott |
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Mark A. Scott , born Logansport, Indiana, October 19, 1966. Admitted to bar, 1993, Indiana and U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana. Preparatory education: Wabash College (A.B., cum laude, 1989); Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Oxford, England (1988). Legal education: Indiana University (J.D., 1993). Order of the Barristers. Associate Justice, Moot Court Society. Lilly Scholar. Jump Scholar. Recipient, Indiana Trial Lawyers Association (ITLA) Trial Lawyer of the Year Award, 2004; American Jurisprudence Awards in Insurance Law and Administrative Law. Adjunct Instructor: Paralegal Studies, Indiana University at Kokomo, 1996. Author/Presenter: Qualified Offers of Settlement: A Two-Edged Sword, ITLA Seminar (April 1999); Benton v. City of Oakland and its Impact Upon Tort Claims Cases, ITLA Seminar (March 2000); Making the Dog Hunt: Holding Landlords Responsible for Injuries Cause by Their Tenants’ Dogs, ITLA Seminar (March 2001); The Right to Make Inquiries During Voir Dire Regarding Potential Jurors’ Relationships with the Defending Insurance Company, ITLA Seminar (March 2003), also published in Indiana Lawyer, Vol. 12, No. 15 (October 2001), and Verdict, Vol. 24, No. 1 (March 2002); Visibility Issues in Motor Vehicle Collision Cases, ITLA Seminar (August 2003); Apples and Oranges: The Inapplicability of the Wrongful Death Act to Death Claims Under the Medical Malpractice Act, Verdict, Vol. 25, No. 3 (September 2003); Time is on My Side: The Temporal Distinction in the Failure to Mitigate Damages Defense, ITLA Seminar (February 2004); Recent Developments in Tort Law, ICLEF Indiana Law Update Seminar (September 2004, 2005, 2006); Tort Law Update, ITLA Seminar (November 2004, 2005, 2006); Defending Plaintiff’s Expert Against Challenges Under Indiana Evidence Rule 702, ICLEF Seminar (January 2005); Relationship of the Medical Malpractice Act and the Wrongful Death Act, ITLA Seminar (March 2005); The Top Five in 2005: Five Cases That Will Change Your Practice, ITLA Seminar (February 2006); Preliminary Procedural Considerations and Recent Case Law Developments in the Law of Medical Malpractice ICLEF Seminar (June 2006). Member: Howard County Bar Association (Secretary-Treasurer, 1996; Vice-President, 1996; President, 1997), Indiana Trial Lawyers Association (Board of Directors, 2003 – ; Executive Committee, 2004 –; Chair of Amicus Curiae Committee, 2005 – ); The American Association for Justice. Reported Cases: Bagko Development Co. v. Damitz, 640 N.E.2d 67 (Ind. Ct. App. 1994); Green v. Estate of Green, 724 N.E.2d 260 (Ind. Ct. App. 2000); Reed Sign Service v. Reid, 755 N.E.2d 690 (Ind. Ct. App. 2001); Fulton County Comm'rs v. Miller, 788 N.E.2d 1284 (Ind. Ct. App. 2003); McCarty v. Sanders, 805 N.E.2d 894 (Ind. Ct. App. 2004); amicus curiae in Chamberlain v. Walpole, 822 N.E.2d 959 (Ind. 2005); Kocher v. Getz, 824 N.E.2d 671 (Ind. 2005); Vasquez v. Phillips, 843 N.E.2d 61 (Ind. Ct. App. 2006); Indiana Patient’s Compensation Fund v. Winkle, 863 N.E.2d 1 (Ind. Ct. App. 2007).Practice Areas : Representing People Injured by Automobile, Motorcycle and Truck Accidents, Defective Products, Dog Bites, Medical Malpractice, Nursing Home Negligence, Toxic Exposure, Traumatic Brain Injuries, Unsafe Premises, Unsafe Workplaces and Wrongful Death; Appeals Before the Indiana Court of Appeals and Indiana Supreme Court; Civil Mediation. |