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Overview
Scott Summy is a shareholder at Baron & Budd, one of the largest and oldest firms in the United States that specializes in environmental litigation. Mr. Summy heads up the firm’s Water Contamination Practice Group, whose practice is dedicated to complex water contamination cases all over the country. Mr. Summy primarily represents public water providers, i.e. municipalities, water districts and utilities, and school districts whose water is contaminated by an intrusive chemical...
Scott Summy is a shareholder at Baron & Budd, one of the largest and oldest firms in the United States that specializes in environmental litigation. Mr. Summy heads up the firm’s Water Contamination Practice Group, whose practice is dedicated to complex water contamination cases all over the country. Mr. Summy primarily represents public water providers, i.e. municipalities, water districts and utilities, and school districts whose water is contaminated by an intrusive chemical. On behalf of these clients, Mr. Summy seeks cost recovery for treatment facilities, operation and maintenance costs of the treatment facility, out of pocket expenses and administrative costs. Mr. Summy also represents private well owners around the country whose wells are contaminated. Mr. Summy and the Water Contamination Practice Group currently represent approximately 200 public water providers across the country with MTBE contamination. He is designated Co-Lead Counsel for all Plaintiffs. Mr. Summy has reached settlements with most of the defendants in these cases totaling over $450 million including BP. Mr. Summy fought very hard against BP and its every effort to thwart the cases in US Congress and in Court.
Mr. Summy is continuing to file new MTBE cases across the country. He was also lead counsel in landmark environmental cases in California designed to protect natural resources. These cases were brought against all major oil companies and were successfully resolved and resulted in Mr. Summy and his legal team earning the "Attorneys of the Year" award from California Lawyer in 2001.
Mr. Summy and the Water Contamination Practice Group are currently representing over 30 water providers in atrazine litigation. Other chemicals of concern involved in Baron & Budd's practice include: TCP, TCE, PCE, and PFOA/PFOS. Baron & Budd is the largest firm in the United States representing public water providers and private well owners on a contingency fee basis. Through his work in water cases across the country, Mr. Summy has obtained recoveries in excess of a billion dollars against major oil companies, including BP. Mr. Summy has been selected to be included in The Best Lawyers in America from 2006-2010. He and his team were also Finalists for the Public Justice Trial Lawyer of the Year Award in 2009. Mr. Summy is licensed to practice law in Texas, North Carolina and New York. He is AV-rated by Martindale Hubbell.
About Scott Summy
Practice Areas
- Water Contamination
- Gulf Oil Spill
- Environmental Litigation
Current Employment Position(s)
- Shareholder
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Texas
- New York
- North Carolina
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court Western District of Texas
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Indiana
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
Other Affiliations
- American Ground Water Trust
- American Water Works Association
- Association of California Water Agencies
- Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies
- American Association for Justice, Environmental Law Section
- International Municipal Lawyers Association
- Mealey's Environmental Section
- Mealey's Toxic Tort Advisory Council
- National Association of Water Companies
- State Bar of North Carolina
- State Bar of Texas, Environmental Law Section
- Trial Lawyers Care, Inc.
- Trial Lawyers for Public Justice
- Western Environmental Law Center (Board of Directors)
- Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Environmental Law Section
Education
- Texas Tech University School of Law, Lubbock, Texas, 1990
J.D. - Tarleton State University, 1986
B.A.
Honors: cum laude
Classes and Seminars
- Speaker, "National Survey of Cases Filed to Date & Coordinating State and Federal Cases", HB Litigation Conferences - Oil in the Gulf: Litigation & Insurance Litigation Coverage Conference, June 24, 2010 - June 25, 2010
- Speaker, "Back to the Future - Limitations of Shipowners' Liability Act of 1851 (46 U.S.C. § 30505)", 360 Advocacy Institute - Gulf Coast Disaster: Representing the Plaintiffs - Individuals to Institutions, May 20, 2010 - May 21, 2010
- Speaker, "Update on MTBE Litigation", 4th Annual Energy Litigation Conference, October 19, 2005
- Speaker, "Representing Public Water Providers in Water Contamination Cases", IMLA Annual Conference, September 26, 2005
- Speaker, "Groundwater Contamination Litigation Cases", 67th Ohio Section AWWA Annual Conference, September 21, 2005
- Speaker, "Emerging Contaminants and Their Impact on America's Water Supply", 2005 Ground Water Summit of the National Ground Water Association, April 17, 2005
- Speaker, "Lessons Learned in the Settlement and/or Trial of MTBE Cases", Mealey's MTBE & USTs Litigation Conference, December 7, 2004
- Speaker, "Transitioning Your Litigation Practice", University of Texas School of Law Page Keeton Civil Litigation Conference, October 28, 2004
- Speaker, "Perchlorate: The Blast That Lasts", Fall 2004 Conference of the CA-NV Section of the American Water Works Association, October 13, 2004
- Speaker, "Emerging Contaminants and Their Impact on America's Water Supply", 69th Annual Conference of the International Municipal Lawyers Association, October 5, 2004
- Speaker, "The 2003 Federal Energy Bill and MTBE Liability Protection: If You Fail in Court You Can Win in Congress", National Ground Water Association – Ground Water and Environmental Law Conference, May 5, 2004 - May 6, 2004
- Speaker, "Perchlorate in America’s Ground Water", American Ground Water Trust, May 3, 2004
- Speaker, "PCE – The Groundwater Contamination Problem: Who Should Pay to Clean Their Waste from Our Water?", Groundwater Resources Association - Investigation and Remediation of Dry Cleaner Release Sites, April 7, 2004
- Speaker, United States Composting Council 12th Annual Conference, January 25, 2003 - January 28, 2003
- Speaker, "Protecting Your Drinking Water: MTBE Detects? The Solution to MTBE Pollution", International Municipal Lawyers Association, October 12, 2003
- Speaker, "How Do We Pay for the Costs of Restoration?", Tribal Concerns Perchlorate Contamination Conference, September 10, 2003
- Speaker, United States Composting Council 11th Annual Conference, October 28, 2003 - October 30, 2003
- Co-Chairman, Mealey’s MTBE & USTs Litigation Conference, November 4, 2002 - November 5, 2002
- Speaker, Mealey's MTBE Litigation Conference, May 10, 2001 - May 11, 2001
- Speaker, "Plaintiff, Defense and Expert Perspectives", Mealey's Toxic Tort Conference, April 17, 2000
- Speaker, American Bar Association Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources 30th Annual Conference on Environmental Law, March 8, 2001 - March 11, 2001
- Co-Chairman, UST and MTBE Litigation Conference, Mealey's Emerging Toxic Torts, November 15, 1999
Achievements
Other Sources of Feedback About Scott Summy
Included on the 2013 Texas list
Past Lists
- 2012 Texas Super Lawyers list
- 2011 Texas Super Lawyers list
- 2010 Texas Super Lawyers list
- 2009 Texas Super Lawyers list
- 2008 Texas Super Lawyers list
- 2007 Texas Super Lawyers list
- 2006 Texas Super Lawyers list
- 2005 Texas Super Lawyers list
- 2004 Texas Super Lawyers list
- 2003 Texas Super Lawyers list
Honors
- Best Lawyers in America, Best Lawyers, LLC, 2006 - 2010
- Attorney of the Year Award for Environmental Law, California Lawyer, 2001
- Best Lawyers Under 40 in Dallas, D Magazine, 2004
- Best Lawyers in Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex, D Magazine, 2003
- Fellow, Dallas Bar Association
- Texas Super Lawyers (Thompson Reuters), 2003 - 2009
- Finalists for the Public Justice Trial Lawyer of the Year , 2009
Office Information
Address
3102 Oak Lawn AvenueSuite 1100 Dallas, TX 75219 - 4283
Phone
Fax
- 214-523-6600
Office Hours
24 Hours
Websites
Publication
Articles
- "Managing Claims Arising from the Gulf Coast Oil Spill: Multidistrict Litigation v. the $20 Billion Fund", TXLR, Vol. 25, # 26, 2010
- "Should the Public Pay for the Oil Industry’s Mistake?", North American Precis Syndicate, 2003
- "'Fuels Safe Harbor' Provision Grants Immunity to MTBE Manufacturers", Co-Author, New Jersey Law Journal, October, 2003
- "MTBE Immunity Provision a Bad Idea", Texas Lawyer, October, 2003
Representative Cases
- In re Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether ("MTBE") Products Liability Litigation, 175 F. Supp.2d 593 (S.D.N.Y. 2001)
- Ashcraft v. Conoco, Inc., 218 F.3d 282 (4th Cir. 2000)
- Ashcraft v. Conoco, Inc., 218 F.3d 288 (4th Cir. 2000)
- Hartford Ins. Co. v. Commerce & Industry Ins. Co., 864 S.W.2d 648 (Tex. App.-- Houston [1st Dist.] 1993)
- Sherwin-Williams Co. v. Trinity Contractors, Inc., 852 S.W.2d 37 (Tex. App. 1993)
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