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Scott is Board Certified by the Florida Bar in the area of Labor and Employment Law. Less than 5% of Florida attorneys are Board Certified in their respective areas of the law. For nearly three decades, Scott has worked to help hundreds of men and women with their work-related problems. His clients often have been officer-level executives and managers with contract disputes, severance issues, non-compete issues, and employees facing discrimination on the job, or termination, due to age, disability, gender, or due to medical leave, health expenses and/or insurance issues. In 1986, Scott obtained the first reported multi-million dollar jury verdict ($3.3 million) in the United States on behalf of a single employment discrimination victim in Vance v. Southern Bell Tel. & Tel. Co. During the past three decades, Scott has helped hundreds of other victims of employment discrimination resolve their cases, most often without the necessity of trial. More recently, during the past few years, Scott and his staff have made recoveries totaling several million dollars on behalf of his clients, usually representing no more than 10 individuals at a time. Naturally, there is no guarantee that Scott or his firm can make any specific recovery in any particular case. Each case must be evaluated based on its own unique facts and circumstances.

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Experienced Trial Attorney

Hundreds of Settlements

Scott Fortune has obtained jury verdicts in favor of his clients on dozens of occasions in state and federal courts since 1985. He has settled hundreds more without the necessity or risk of trial. Scott has a reputation for being tenacious and creative while advocating for his clients. He is rated "AV" by his peers, which is the highest rating an attorney can receive concerning ethics and legal ability. He is admitted to practice in the United States Supreme Court, in several federal courts, and all courts in the State of Florida. On an annual basis, he has been teaching trial skills to other lawyers from around the country since 1993 as a faculty member of the National Institute for Trial Advocacy. He is also certified as a mediator by the Florida Supreme Court. Scott is also a member of the National Employment Lawyers Association, The Florida Bar, and the Jacksonville Bar Association.