J. Scott Humphrey

As a result, Scott currently serves as lead litigation and consulting counsel for a broad range of clients, including financial services companies; commercial and consumer product manufacturers; consulting firms; pharmaceutical, surgical and medical companies; processing companies; commercial real estate firms; commercial product distributors; health care organizations; media firms; commercial transportation companies; food and beverage companies; insurance companies and technology organizations. His clients range from small business owners and startups to Fortune 100 companies.

As a member and Chair of the Trade Secrets, Restrictive Covenants and Unfair Competition Group, Scott has worked with numerous companies, associations, individuals and organizations on the protection of trade secrets and enforcement of restrictive covenants. In doing so and using his Six Sigma Green Belt accreditation, Scott has worked with clients to develop, implement and monitor “best practices” for the protection of trade secrets and confidential information. When necessary, he has successfully obtained (and defeated), in courtrooms and before Arbitration Panels throughout the country, temporary restraining orders, preliminary injunctions and permanent injunctions for clients in the technology, securities, financial services, pharmaceuticals, cannabis, insurance, transportation, medical and surgical sales, electronics, health care, media talent, data processing, business consulting, food and beverage manufacture and distribution, and consumer products space. He has also successfully taken numerous restrictive covenant and trade secret cases to verdict, and argued restrictive covenant and trade secret matters before state and Federal Appellate courts. Scott also regularly speaks on these topics through client presentations, industry seminars and national presentations, and he regularly counsels companies about the potential impact of the National Defend Trade Secrets Act and other state law changes to restrictive covenant laws. 

Scott’s practice also focuses on commercial and business-related litigation involving complex commercial contract disputes and other business torts. In this capacity, Scott has litigated commercial litigation disputes in courtrooms and Appellate courts across the country. More recently, Scott has developed expertise in the area of litigation finance. In doing so, Scott has worked with clients to obtain litigation financing, worked with funders on evaluating potential cases to fund, and spoken at various trade organizations about the impact litigation finance has (and will continue to have) on the legal market.