Andre Scott

Andrew Scott has a proven track record of personalized, exceptional representation of public safety officers throughout California in practice areas including workers’ compensation, labor and employment, and retirement law. Andrew’s commitment to public safety is best exemplified by his workers’ compensation practice, in which he has successfully obtained awards valued in the millions of dollars for safety officers facing permanent total disability.  He has won similar awards on behalf of the families of safety officers who have tragically fallen in the line duty.  Because Andrew regularly litigates cases involving heart conditions, cancer, pneumonia, low back injuries, blood-borne pathogens, and COVID-19, he has become a published authority on the safety officer presumptions. A seasoned trial attorney, Andrew gained notoriety when he prevailed in a case in which the California Department of Corrections was found to have engaged in serious and willful misconduct when it failed to protect correctional officers from a planned prison riot.  It remains the only reported win of its kind.  Regardless of the value or complexity of a case, Andrew views his representation of each client as a unique opportunity to serve those who risk their safety for our community. Andrew maximizes outcomes for his clients by leveraging his broad, detailed knowledge of other areas of law applicable to public safety: Retirement Law. An expert in CalPERS retirement law and the County Employees Retirement Law of 1937 (CERL), Andrew knows when and how to coordinates workers’ compensation cases with applications for industrial disability retirement, saving clients money and dispelling confusion while delivering life-long financial security.