About Theresa Scott

Theresa Scott is a Personal Injury Attorney at Hughes & Coleman Injury Lawyers, focusing on car accident victims. She is admitted in Kentucky and Tennessee.

Scott earned her Juris Doctor from Nashville School of Law and three degrees from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville: a Bachelor of Science in Political Science, a Master of Science in Education, and a Master of Arts in History.

A native of Sumner County, Tennessee, Scott previously worked as an attorney for the State of Tennessee in Juvenile Court, advocating in custody, parentage, educational neglect, and neglect/dependency cases. She has also taught high school and college history and law courses.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Hughes & Coleman Injury Lawyers

These results are credited to Hughes & Coleman Injury Lawyers. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

$4.2 millionVerdictTop 20 in Tennessee · #9

A Davidson County jury awarded Charles Ray Peterson Jr. $12 million after a two-vehicle chain-reaction crash on Christmas Day 2017 cost him both legs, but the signed judgment entered against the defendants totals $4,203,547 once Tennessee's statutory damages cap was applied to the verdict.

Fifth Circuit Court, Davidson County, Tennessee (Docket No. 18C2027) · 2021Truck AccidentsRead the full story →

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

Practice areas

Education

University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Tennessee
State Bar of Kentucky

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