Background
Scott, Thomas Emerson was born on April 27, 1948 in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Thomas Emerson Senior and Marie (Ebel) Scott.
Scott, Thomas Emerson was born on April 27, 1948 in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Thomas Emerson Senior and Marie (Ebel) Scott.
Bachelor in Economics cum laude, U. Miami, 1969; Juris Doctor cum laude, U. Miami, 1972; Master of Laws, University of Virginia, 1989.
Worked at Davis, Scott, Weber & Edwards. Admitted to the bar, 1972, Florida and United States. District Court, Southern District of Florida.
Omicron Delta Kappa.
Phi Kappa Phi. Delta Theta Phi. Author: article, Florida Defense Counsel Journal, Fall 1981. "A Compact for Bench and Bar," 6 Trial Advocate Quarterly 8 (1987).
"Preventive Detention Under the Bail Reform Acting of 1984: An Empirical Analysis," American Criminal Law Review, (Georgetown Law Center), Fall 1990.
Contributing Author: "Judges" Handbook on Florida Law," 1984. Instructor, National Institute for Trial Advocacy, University of Florida School of Law, 1983.
Instructor, Trial Advocacy Program, University of Miami School of Law. Circuit Judge, 11th Judicial Circuit, Miami, Florida, 1979-1984.
United States. District Judge, Southern District of Florida, by appointment of President Reagan, 1985-1990.
Who"s Who in America. Who"s Who in American Law. Member: Dade County and American Bar Associations.
The Florida Bar (Steering Committee, Trial Advocacy Program, 1982-1986, and Civil Justice Advisory Group.
United States. District Court, Southern District of Florida. Chairman of Grievance Committee.
United States. Court, Southern District of Florida.
Member of Pro-Bono Committee. United States. District Court, Southern District of Florida).
(Resident).
Served to First lieutenant United States Army Reserve, since 1969. Member American Bar Association (co-Chairman of Commission on discovery litigation section), Florida Bar Association (chairman standing commission on professionalism, past chairman CLE trial advocacy program), Dade County Bar Association (Outstanding Jurist award Young Lawyers' section), United States District Judges' Association, Product Liability Advisory Council Foundation.
Married Ginger Claud, March 1978(divorced August 1980). Married Joyce Newman, August 6, 1983.