Background
Scott, Junior, Thomas S. was born on March 18, 1940 in Covington, Virginia, United States.
Scott, Junior, Thomas S. was born on March 18, 1940 in Covington, Virginia, United States.
Maryville College (Bachelor of Arts, 1961). University of Tennessee (Juris Doctor, 1967).
Worked at Arnett, Draper & Hagood (Knoxville, Tennessee) specializing in General Civil Practice in all State and Federal Courts. Trials, Negligence, Malpractice, Products Liability, Aviation, Labor, Corporate, Probate, Commercial Law, Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Defense and Health Care Law. Admitted to the bar, 1968, Tennessee and United States.
District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee. 1980, United States. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. 1984, United States. Supreme Court.
Phi Kappa Phi; Order of the Coif. Phi Alpha Delta. Faculty, University of Tennessee Annual College of Trial Advocacy, 1978. Adjunct Professor of Trial Practice, University of Tennessee, 1982.
Recipient, University of Tennessee Alumni Service Award, 1994. Member: Knoxville (Member, Board of Governors, 1986-1989. President, 1990), Tennessee and American Bar Associations.
Federal Defender Services of Eastern Tennessee, Inc. (Board Member, Vice President, 1992). Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association.
Tennessee Defense Lawyers Association. Tennessee Bar Foundation. Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel.
American Inns of Court (Master of the Bench, Hamilton S. Burnett Chapter. President, 1991); American Board of Trial Advocates (Advocate. President Tennessee Chapter, 1991).
Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers. The firm was founded in 1954. During that year Foster D. Arnett decided to leave a well-respected Knoxville law firm and establish his own office.
Jack B. Draper joined him in 1958, and seven years later Lewis R. Hagood became a member of the firm. Arnett, Draper and Hagood is focused in the field of civil law and it is privileged to serve a wide variety of personal and corporate clients. Many prominent local, regional, and national corporations are included in the firm's clientele.
Attorneys at Arnett, Draper and Hagood have a strong commitment to the legal profession, to the organized bar, and to a pattern of community involvement.
Member: Knoxville (Member, Board of Governors, 1986-1989. President, 1990), Tennessee and American Bar Associations. Federal Defender Services of Eastern Tennessee, Inc.
(Board Member, Vice President, 1992). Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association. Tennessee Defense Lawyers Association.
Tennessee Bar Foundation. Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel. American Inns of Court (Master of the Bench, Hamilton S. Burnett Chapter.
President, 1991); American Board of Trial Advocates (Advocate. President Tennessee Chapter, 1991). Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers.
Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers.