Scott Zoppoth - Louisville, KY
Attorney at The Zoppoth Law Firm
Business Litigation Lawyers in Louisville, KY
6510 Glenridge Park Place Suite 1 Louisville, KY 40222
- Free Consultation
- 1 Super Lawyers®
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41
Years
Experience
Louisville Business Litigation Lawyer
Updated: 03/02/2026
Areas of Practice
- Business Litigation 60%
- Covenant Not to Compete Litigation 10%
- Construction Litigation: Business 10%
- Business/Corporate 10%
- Closely Held Business 5%
- Intellectual Property Litigation 5%
Attorney Information
Overview
Attorney Scott P. Zoppoth is the founder and principal of The Zoppoth Law Firm located in Louisville, Kentucky. Serving clients throughout the state of Kentucky and numerous other states, Mr. Zoppoth uses his more than 33 years of legal experience specializing in business and commercial litigation and arbitration matters to deliver the highest level of legal counsel possible to those who have legal needs related to any of the following practice areas:
- Business and commercial litigation
- Contract litigation
- Shareholder and partner litigation
- Covenants not to compete and non-solicitation litigation
- Business and commercial arbitration
- Shareholder and partnership agreements and disputes
- Securities arbitration
- Business torts such as breaches of fiduciary duties and fraud
- Construction litigation
After graduating magna cum laude from St. John Fisher College in 1982 with a Bachelor of Science degree in business and finance, Mr. Zoppoth attended South Texas College of Law in Houston, obtaining his Juris Doctor in 1985. That same year, the State Bar of Texas admitted him to practice, and the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Western Districts of Texas admitted him in 1986.
Mr. Zoppoth then spent five (5) years working for prestigious, boutique litigation firms in Houston before moving to Louisville in 1991, where he served as a senior associate with a mid-size litigation firm before establishing his own private practice in 1996. He has continuously operated and managed his own law firm since 1996. Along with being licensed by the Kentucky Bar Association, he is also admitted to practice before the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky, as well as the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the 5th and 6th Circuits.
Mr. Zoppoth has extensive experience prosecuting and defending matters before the American Arbitration Association (AAA) and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), and he has successfully handled cases in state and federal courts throughout the country.
Mr. Zoppoth has successfully tried in excess of one-hundred (100) trials and evidentiary hearings before judges, juries and arbitrators in numerous state courts, federal courts and Arbitration panels in Kentucky, Texas and numerous other states. Mr. Zoppoth was also an arbitrator on the American Arbitration Association Commercial Panel for ten (10) years.
Fully committed to both his law practice, family and his community, Mr. Zoppoth is active in a number of professional legal associations, including the Louisville Bar Association, where he has served on the advisory board of the Kentucky Lawyer Referral Service. He also served as a board member of the Louisville Metro YMCA and Safe Place Services and was the chairman of the parish council for his church for 12 years.
Awards and Honors
Honors
- Super Lawyers, 2015 - 2019
Other Sources of Feedback About Scott Zoppoth
Included on the 2026 Kentucky Super Lawyers list
Past Lists
- 2025 Kentucky Super Lawyers list
- 2024 Kentucky Super Lawyers list
- 2023 Kentucky Super Lawyers list
- 2022 Kentucky Super Lawyers list
- 2021 Kentucky Super Lawyers list
- 2020 Kentucky Super Lawyers list
- 2019 Kentucky Super Lawyers list
- 2018 Kentucky Super Lawyers list
- 2017 Kentucky Super Lawyers list
- 2016 Kentucky Super Lawyers list
- 2015 Kentucky Super Lawyers list
Education
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Legal Education
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South Texas College of Law Houston,
Houston,
Texas, 1985
J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
Law Review: Member, South Texas Law Review, 1984 - 1985
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South Texas College of Law Houston,
Houston,
Texas, 1985
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Non Legal Education
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St. John Fisher College,
Rochester,
New York, 1982
B.S., Bachelor of Science
Honors: magna cum laude
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St. John Fisher College,
Rochester,
New York, 1982
Current Employment Position(s)
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Managing Partner
Bar Admissions
- Kentucky, 1991
- Texas, 1985
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1991
- U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 1991
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas, 1986
- U.S. District Court Western District of Texas, 1986
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Kentucky, 1991
- U.S. District Court Western District of Kentucky, 1991
Other Affiliations
- American Arbitration Association, Former Panel of Arbitrators
- Louisville Bar Association (Member)
- Kentucky Bar Association (Member)
- American Bar Association (Member)
- American Arbitration Association, Former Commercial Panel (Arbitrator)
- Camp Piomingo, Board of Directors (Former Member)
- Downtown YMCA, Board of Directors (Former Member)
- Metro Association YMCA, Board of Directors (Former Member)
- YMCA Safe Place Services (Current Board Member )
- Louisville Bar Association, Kentucky Lawyer Referral Service Program, Advisory Board (Member)
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Contact
6510 Glenridge Park Place
Suite 1
Louisville, KY 40222
Phone: 502-791-9296
Fax: 502-568-1319
Email: Send a message
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