Keely Scott

About Keely Scott

A former owner/partner of Donohue, Patrick & Scott PLLC, Mrs. Scott is a full-time mediator who brings 30 years of diverse litigation experience to her mediation clients. Ms. Scott has mediated more than 900 cases across a broad range of practice areas including, simple and complex personal injury matters; first- and third-party property damage claims; complex insurance coverage and bad-faith disputes; mass tort litigation; commercial and contract disputes; professional liability matters; maritime and Jones Act claims; railroad and FELA litigation; trucking and transportation matters; and construction disputes of all types (including construction defects, design errors and omissions, delay claims, contract disputes, accident claims, redhibition, and NHWA claims).Mrs. Scott has served as a court appointed mediator to the United States District Courts for the Western, Middle and Eastern Districts of Louisiana. She is a Qualified Civil Mediator by the Louisiana State Bar Association. In 2014, Mrs. Scott completed intensive mediation training at Pepperdine Law School’s Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, one of the world’s leading dispute resolution programs. In her litigation practice, Mrs. Scott represented clients in jury and bench trials in Louisiana state and federal courts and in Texas state courts. She also served as national counsel for U.S. and international clients in state and federal courts across the United States. Mrs. Scott has represented clients in personal injury, property damage, complex insurance coverage, mass tort, commercial, products liability, professional liability and transportation litigation. She has extensive experience in construction disputes including representing architects, engineers and contractors in litigation involving construction defects, delays, personal injuries, property damage and design errors and/or omissions.Mrs. Scott was born on August 3, 1969, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She is admitted to the Louisiana Bar (1995), the Texas Bar (2003), the U.S. District Courts: Middle, Eastern and Western Districts of Louisiana, and the U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. She is AV Preeminent rated by Martindale-Hubbell by members of the bar and judiciary for legal knowledge, communication skills and ethical standards.

Experience

1. Mediator

   Perry Dampf Dispute Solutions

   Jul 2012 — Present

   Keely Scott joined Perry Dampf in 2012 and is a full-time mediator. As a former owner/partner of Donohue, Patrick & Scott PLLC, she brings over 30 years of litigation experience to her mediation practice. Mrs. Scott utilizes creative approaches to resolve simple and complex multi-party disputes and is tireless in pursuing resolution for the parties. The vast majority of her cases end in settlement. Mrs. Scott regularly mediates across the State of Louisiana and is available for mediations throughout the United States.

Education

• Louisiana State University

  Bachelor's Degree, Economics

  1987 — 1990

• Pepperdine Law

  Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution. , “Mediating the Litigated Case” program (2014)

• LSU Law

  Juris Doctor (J.D.)

  1992 — 1995

Skills

• Toxic Tort
• Public Liability
• Bad Faith
• Insurance Law
• Claims Management
• Claim
• Civil Litigation
• Personal Injury
• Legal Liability
• Construction Law
• Liability
• Appeals
• Litigation Management
• Personal Injury Litigation
• Commercial Litigation
• Insurance
• Medical Malpractice
• Torts
• Arbitration
• Litigation
• Mediation
• Wrongful Death
• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Product Liability
• Professional Liability