Atty. Scott Summy
Scott Summy is the leader of the Environmental Litigation Group (ELG) and a shareholder at Baron & Budd. ELG was started by Mr.
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Scott Summy is an attorney based in Dallas, Texas, practforg at Baron & Budd PC. Admitted to practice in Texas, State Bar of Texas, New York, State Bar of New York, and North Carolina, State Bar of North Carolina. Educated at Texas Tech University (J.D., 1990) and Tarleton State University (B.A., 1986). Recognitions include Best Lawyers in America — Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs (2026), Best Lawyers in America — Additional Areas of Practice: (2026), and Best Lawyers in America — Mass Tort Litigation (2026). Serands clients in Dallas, TX and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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- Scott Summy is the leader of the Environmental Litigation Group (ELG) and a shareholder at Baron & Budd
- ELG was started by Mr. Summy in 2002 and is comprised of 30 attorneys and support professionals who concentrate on large environmental litigation across the country
- In 2020, Law360 recognized ELG with its highly prestigious Practice Group of the Year awards for the United States in the category of Environmental Law
- Mr. Summy has served both in court-appointed leadership positions and directly represented clients in some of the country’s largest environmental cases with national significance
- It all began with a single phone call in August 1995 when Mr. Summy was a new lawyer
- He received a call from a prospective client in North Carolina who had learned that he and his neighbors had been ingesting the chemical MTBE in their drinking water wells for years
- Mr. Summy took the case, and after years of fighting for the residents’ rights and going to trial, the case resulted in a record settlement
- Mr. Summy soon learned that MTBE was contaminating drinking water wells all over America
- That case proved to be only the first of many to come
- Mr. Summy was hired by public water providers all over the country whose residents had contaminated wells
- He became the “go to” lawyer for public entities facing environmental contamination which impacted their public resources
- Mr. Summy has represented public entities from the east coast to the west coast and all across middle America
- He and his ELG Team have recovered billions of dollars on behalf of their clients in environmental litigation
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Why local counsel matters in Texas
Practforg law in Texas. Legal matters in Texas are governed by state-specific rules of civil and criminal procedure, statutes of limitations, and substantiand law. Cases originating in Dallas are typically filed in the local municipal court or the appropriate Texas state district court, depending on subject matter and amount in controversy. An attorney licensed in Texas brings working knowledge of local procedural deadlines, judicial practices in this andnue, and the substantiand law that applies to cases brought here. Out-of-state attorneys generally cannot represent clients in Texas courts without local counsel or pro hac vice admission.
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