Attorneys

Louis M. Scofield, Jr.

Shareholder

Beaumont
t: 409.835.5011 ext. 435
f: 409.835.5177
louscofield@mehaffyweber.com
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Louis M. Scofield, Jr. is a Shareholder with over 30 years experience as a defense courtroom lawyer. He has tried scores of cases in virtually every county that make up Southeast Texas. In addition, at the request of several clients, he has a regional practice beyond this geographic area. Beyond this, he is national counsel for one Fortune 500 company on product liability cases. His personal injury and civil practice involves the full spectrum of product liability, negligence, professional liability defense and insurance defense, along with experience in railroad and maritime practice.

Areas of Concentration
Product liability, professional liability (agents, architects, attorneys, engineers, and insurance agencies) negligence, and insurance claims, railroad and maritime practice.

Licenses
State of Texas, 1977
U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Southern Districts of Texas
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Supreme Court of the United States.

Education
Lou graduated at the top of his class from the University of Michigan
with a Bachelor of Science in Geology and Mineralogy, "with highest honors and high distinction." He was winner of the William E. Bradstrom prize, was a James B. Angell Scholar and was invited into and became a member of the honorary fraternity, Phi Beta Kappa, during his junior year. Thereafter, he attended the University of Texas Law School where he received his Juris Doctorate, with honors, in 1977. While in law school he served as the court investigator for the 98th District Court, Travis County, Texas and was also Teaching Quizmaster for Dean Leon Green.

Articles
He has published numerous papers and studies involving defense trial practice, for conferences, journals and newsletters, and he is columnist for the Association Press of the Association of Defense Trial Attorneys.

Memberships and Honors
Active in the Bar and community, he has been frequently called upon to give talks and presentations to professional groups, clients, civic groups and schools. He has served in a number of official and committee positions with Bar organizations. With the Jefferson County Bar he has served on the Board of Directors, and has been Membership Chairman. With the Texas Association of Defense Counsel he has been a Director, Director at Large, Vice-President, and Administrative Vice-President, as well as Conference Chair.

With the very selective Association of Defense Trial Attorneys, he is the Prime Member for the City of Beaumont, has been the Central U.S. Region Chair, has been Conference Chair and has served on the Executive Council from 1999-2002. He is a member of ABOTA (American Board of Trial Advocates,) Litigation Counsel of America, and DRI (Defense Research Institute.). He
is a Life Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation.

Lou has been recognized as a "Texas Super Lawyer®" in Texas Monthly magazine since 2005. He has also been selected for inclusion in the Super Lawyer Corporate Counsel Edition in Civil Litigation Defense since 2008.

"AV" rating by Martindale-Hubbell