Thomas R. Scott, Jr., Esq.
Professor Scott is a partner with the law firm of Street, Street, Street, Scott & Bowman in Grundy, and Visiting Assistant Professor of Law and General Counsel at the Appalachian School of Law. He is a graduate of Hampden-Sydney College and of the T.C. William School of Law of the University of Richmond, where he served on the Moot Court Board. He has practiced for over 25 years and has extensive experience in civil and criminal litigation and in the handling of workers' compensation and other disability matters.
He has been named one of the Best Lawyers in Virginia by Virginia Business Magazine, is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, and an Advocate of the American Board of Trial Advocacy, and has received the Bill Geimer Award, an award presented annually to a dedicated capital defender. He has served as a substitute judge for the Twenty Ninth Judicial District, as a member of the Grundy Town Council, as a member of the Virginia State Bar Council, and as a faculty member for the Virginia State Bar Course on the Professionalism. He also has served as a member of the Governor's Advisory Commission on Workers' Compensation. He teaches Trial Advocacy, Insurance Law, and an Eminent Domain seminar at ASL and also serves as the Law School's General Counsel.