2024 – 1st Court of Appeals, Place 2

Brendetta Scott
(D-Houston)

Jennifer Caughey
(R-Houston)

Candidate (L)
Candidate (G)
Candidate (I)

The Anthony Scott Law Firm, PLLC and Of Counsel - The Dent Law Firm
Adjunct Professor, Thurgood Marshall School of Law

The Anthony Scott Law Firm, PLLC
2011-2012; 2014; 2021-present

• Represent creditors, debtors, and trustees in bankruptcy matters
• Court Appointed Receiver to collect judgments.
• Mediate various civil cases, including breach of contract and real estate disputes.
• Prosecute and defend family law matters including but not limited to protective orders, divorces, child support, custody, and property division.

• Represent debtors, creditors, and an official equity committee in large and complex business bankruptcy cases.
• Represent judgment creditors and receivers in receivership cases; and receivership appointments.
• Prosecute and defend adversary proceeding in bankruptcy cases.

• Mediate cases: Breach of Contract, Personal Injury, etc.
• Prosecute and defend breach of contract suits on behalf of consumers; prosecute wrongful foreclosure and injunction suits
• Prosecute personal injury suits; prosecute and defend credit card suits; handle bankruptcy matters, including filing Chapter 7, 11, and 13 cases
• Prosecute/Defend evictions matters.

• Supervise Home Equity Foreclosure, Eviction and Bankruptcy Departments.
• Review and analyze title reports, home equity loan and bankruptcy documents.

Jackson Walker, LLP, Partner & Appellate Dept. Chair. 2019-present (approx. 6 years). I handle complex appeals at the Texas Supreme Court and Texas courts of appeals daily. I have filed approximately  100+ appellate briefs and have made many appellate arguments, including multiple at the Texas Supreme Court. My appellate practice has been praised by Chambers Partners, Super Lawyers, Best Lawyers, Lawdragon, and many others.

Texas Board of Disciplinary Appeals, Member. 2022-present. This is a Texas Supreme Court appointment; I hear 40 attorney disciplinary appeals per month and sit en banc quarterly.

Texas Judicial Council, Member. 2021-present. We address policy for the judiciary, working on issues like access to justice and public trust in the judiciary.

Smyser, Kaplan & Veselka, LLP., Counsel. 2014-2017. I handled a broad docket of complex civil litigation matters at the trial and appellate levels.

Baker Botts, LLP, Litigation Associate. 2012-2013. I handled a broad docket of complex civil litigation matters at the trial and appellate levels.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP, Litigation Associate. 2009–2011. I handled a broad docket of complex civil litigation matters at the trial and appellate levels.

United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, Law Clerk to the Hon. Timothy M. Tymkovich, 2008–2009:

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court,. Law Clerk to the Hon. Robert Cordy., 2007–2008.

• U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Jeff Bohm’s Invitee to attend 5th Circuit Judicial Conference, May 2009
• 2020-2021 President-Elect of Moller-Foltz American Inns of Court; Executive Committee Member and Chair of Mentor/Mentee Program, 2018-2019
• Houston Bar Association (Co-Chair of Professionalism Committee, 2008-2009; Co-Chair of Law Week Committee, 2007-2008; and Member of the Speakers’ Bureau Committee 2008-2009; Law Week Committee, 2008-2010; Professionalism Committee, 2008-2010; and Minority Opportunities in the Legal Professional Committee, 2009-2010); Treasurer of the Bankruptcy Section, 2012-2013; Chair Elect of the Bankruptcy Section, 2013-2014; President of the Bankruptcy Section, 2014-2015
• 2010, 2008 and 2007 Texas “Rising Star” Super Lawyer featured in Texas Monthly
• 2009 Equal Access “Star” of the Houston Volunteer Lawyers Program
• 2010 Cambridge Who’s Who
• 2009 and 2011 Who’s Who in Black Houston
• Texas Bar Foundation (2009 – 2010 Nominating Committee Member)
• Certification in Women’s Entrepreneurship from Cornell University

• Choice of the lawyers who practice in this Court by almost a  3-1 margin (Texas Bar Poll)
• Chair of the Appellate Department of the largest all-Texas law firm.
• Appellate practice has been praised by Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers, Appellate – Texas
• Appellate practice has been praised as a Texas Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers by Thomson Reuters, Appellate (awarded to top 5% of attorneys nationwide)
• Appellate practice was praised by Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America, Appellate.
• Appellate practice has been praised The Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/White Inc.), Appellate Practice
• Leads appellate practice that was recognized as the top tier in Houston and nationally in Best Law Firms® by Best Lawyers
• Phi Beta Kappa and Shapiro Prize for academic excellence, Princeton
• Executive Editor, Journal of Law & Public Policy (Harvard Law)
• Texas Bar Fellow, Nominating Committee
• Houston Bar Fellow

2018 General Election
First Court of Appeals, Place 9
Loss, 48%-52%
2018 Texas Republican Primary
First Court of Appeals, Place 9
100%; unopposed

Judges must faithfully apply the law. They should give every case time and respect, treating all appeals equally. And they should efficiently issue clear and understandable opinions.

A judge’s allegiance is to the law. Our government is founded upon the rule of law, and judges have the critical role of applying the law as it is written to resolve all disputes efficiently and fairly. Judges do not make law; legislators do. Similarly, parties--not judges--draft contracts. If judges do not apply the law as it is written, then we cease being governed by laws. Then there is no predictability, and Texans cannot know what the law is and cannot conform their conduct.

Judges must ensure that laws are applied in a manner that is faithful and easily comprehensible so that litigants, courts, and citizens can understand the law. Every case is worthy of respect and consideration. Each case may be the most important in the world to those litigants, and judges must afford each case appropriate time and diligence. This requires hard work. It is also critical that judges promptly issue opinions: justice delayed is so often justice denied.

The judge should study the law, analyze the record, and faithfully apply the law to the case.