Scott A. Brister
Partner
Scott is head of the firm’s appellate section and his practice includes all aspects of litigation. He returned to Andrews Kurth in 2009 after 20 years of judicial service at all levels of the Texas court system: six years on the Texas Supreme Court, three years as Justice and Chief Justice of the First and Fourteenth Courts of Appeals respectively, and eleven years as Judge of the 234th District Court. During those years he presided over 670 trials to verdict, and authored more than 600 appellate opinions, including 122 opinions of the Texas Supreme Court.
Scott is board-certified in civil appellate, civil trial and personal injury trial law. He previously served on the Supreme Court Advisory Committee and on the Supreme Court Jury Task Force. He is a co-author of Texas Pretrial Practice and has written law review articles in the Baylor, Oak Brook, South Texas, and St. Mary's law reviews.
In The News
- Featured in "Former Justice Scott Brister Talks About Experience, Amici and Activist Judges," Texas Lawyer (September 27, 2010)
Events
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2013 Legislative and Supreme Court Update, Houston Bar Association Civil/Appellate 2013 Bench Bar Conference, Houston, Texas (May 2, 2013)
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TexasBarCLE Judges Panel: How to Lose Your Case Through Poor Legal Writing (April 26, 2013)
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“Jury Charge: The Swinging Pendulum of Broad Form Submission,” The History of Texas Supreme Court Jurisprudence, Austin, Texas (April 11, 2013)
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TexasBarCLE: 26th Annual Advanced Civil Appellate Practice Course (September 7, 2012)
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DRI's 10th Appellate Advocacy Seminar (June 21, 2012)
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Speaker, "Texas School Funding: How Much is Enough?" Texas Public Policy Foundation, 10th Annual Policy Orientation for the Texas Legislature (January 12, 2012)
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"Respondent's Strategies in the Supreme Court," presented at The Texas Bar CLE: Practice Before the Texas Supreme Court, Austin, Texas (April 15, 2011)
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Panelist, The University of Texas School of Law’s 15th Annual Insurance Law Institute (October 14-15, 2010)
Professional Recognition
- Recognized as a "Local Litigation Star" in Texas by Benchmark Litigation (2012, 2013)
- Recognized as a "Local Litigation Star" in the 5th Circuit (Texas) by Benchmark Appellate (2013)
- The Best Lawyers in America, Appellate Practice (2012, 2013)
- Profiled as one of the leading Appellate (2010-2012) lawyers in Texas, Chambers & Partners USA: America's Leading Business Lawyers
