M. Scott Fisher Jr. - Richmond, VA

Overview

Awards and Honors

Education

• Legal Education

  • Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law, Washington, District of Columbia
    J.D.

• Non Legal Education

  • University of Virginia
    B.A.

Current Employment Position(s)

• Partner

Classes and Seminars

• Young Lawyers Conference, Virginia State Bar

Representative Cases

• Bethea v. Howser, 447 F. Supp. 3d 497 (E.D. Va. 2020)
• Evans v. ForKids, Inc., 306 F. Supp. 3d 827 (E.D. Va. 2018)
• Jaramillo v. Crain, No. 1:18-CV-0499-RM-KMT, 2019 WL 1417198, at *1 (D. Colo. Mar. 29, 2019)
• Adams v. Ferguson, 884 F.3d 219 (4th Cir. 2018)
• Altamira-Rojas v. City of Richmond, 184 F.Supp. 3d 290 (E.D. Va. 2016)
• Pleasants v. Town of Louisa, No. 3:11-CV-00032, 2014 WL 1050430 (W.D. Va. Mar. 18, aff’d sub nom. Pleasants v. Rigsby, 603 F. App’x 126 (4th Cir. 2015)
• Woodson v. City of Richmond, Va., 2 F.Supp.3d 804, 807 (E.D.Va. 2014)
• Pleasants v. Town of Louisa, 847 F. Supp. 2d 864 (W.D. Va. 2012), aff’d in part, rev’d in part, 524 F. App’x 891 (4th Cir. 2013)
• Prescott v. Wade, 4:12CV126, 2013 WL 1352168 (E.D. Va. Apr. 2, 2013)
• Henderson v. Labor Finders of Virginia, Inc., 3:12CV600, 2013 WL 1352158 (E.D. Va. Apr. 2, 2013)
• Lee v. Marks, 3:11CV815-JAG, 2013 WL 775379 (E.D. Va. Feb. 28, 2013)
• Piland v. White, 85 VA. Cir. 45 (Chesapeake 2012)
• Lawson v. Miles, 1:11CV949 AJT/IDD, 2012 WL 3242349 (E.D. Va. Aug. 6, 2012)

Published Works

Articles

• Presenter, “Defending Police Liability Claims,” NBI CLE, 2017
  
• Co-Author, “The Juvenile Justice System,” NASW Law Note Series, 2010
  
• Author, “Psychiatric Advance Directives and the Right to be Presumed Competent,” Journal of Contemporary Health Law & Policy, Vol. 25 Issue 2, 2009
  
• Co-Author, “Social Workers and the Legal Rights of Students: Part II,” NASW Law Notes of the General Counsel, 2008
  

Bar Admissions

• Virginia
• District of Columbia
• Colorado
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Virginia
• U.S. District Court Western District of Virginia
• U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
• U.S. District Court District of Colorado
• U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit

Other Affiliations

• Federal Bar Association, Richmond Chapter (Board (2016 – 2018), Government Relations Liaison to FBA National)
• Henrico County Bar Association
• Richmond Bar Association
• Virginia Bar Association
• Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys
• Defense Research Institute
• Local Government Attorneys Association
• Virginia State Bar (Chair, Committee on Admission and Orientation (2012 – 2013), Sponsor Coordinator & Ad Hoc Admissions (2011 – 2012))