Don Scott

Proven Verdicts

Portsmouth, VA10 years experienceAdmitted 2015

About Don Scott

Don Scott is a partner at Breit Biniazan Trial Lawyers in Portsmouth, Virginia, with experience in personal injury, civil rights, and criminal defense litigation. A U.S. Navy veteran, he earned his JD from Louisiana State University Law School in 1994 and was admitted to the Virginia Bar in 2015. He joined Breit Biniazan in 2022. Scott is also a member of the Virginia House of Delegates representing the 88th district and became Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates on January 10, 2024 - the first Black Speaker in Virginia's history.

Proven verdicts and settlements

$11 millionSettlement

The City of Portsmouth paid its full $11 million insurance policy after a police pursuit through downtown traffic ended in a crash that killed Calvin Majette III and left his wife Temika Pleas with a permanent traumatic brain injury.

Portsmouth, Virginia · 2022Wrongful DeathRead the full story →

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Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Car Accidents

Education

Louisiana State University School of Law

J.D., 1994

Texas A&M University

Undergraduate, 1987

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Virginia, admitted 2015

State Bar of U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia

State Bar of U.S. District Court, Western District of Virginia

Portsmouth Bar Association

Old Dominion Bar Association

Virginia State Bar Association

Virginia Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys

Virginia Trial Lawyers Association

NAACP (Lifetime Member)

V.F.W. Post #993 (Lifetime Member)

Eureka Club

Southeastern Employment and Training Association (President)

Awards & recognition

Inside Business Power List - Top 75 Players (2025)

Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers (2024)

Virginia Business Power 500 (2024-2025)

Legislator of the Year, South Hampton Roads Bar Association (2024)

Soaring Eagle Award, AAJ (2025)

Alpha Award of Merit, Brotherhood of Alpha Phi Alpha (2024)

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