Janet C. Scott
Top rated Personal Injury attorney in Atlanta, Georgia
Seay/Felton, LLC Trial Lawyers
Practice areas: Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice, Products Liability
Licensed in Georgia since: 2007
Education: Atlanta's John Marshall Law School
Selected to Super Lawyers: 2024 - 2026 
Selected to Rising Stars: 2016 - 2017 Call today:
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260 Peachtree Street NorthwestSuite 1001
Atlanta, GA 30303 Visit website
Janet C. Scott focuses her practice on personal injury. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, she represents clients throughout the greater metropolitan area and other parts of the state. Admitted to practice in Georgia since 2007, Ms. Scott is also admitted to practice before the U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Middle Districts of Georgia.
Ms. Scott's client base is composed of people and companies who have been harmed as a result of the actions of other parties. The cases that she has handled have arisen out of incidents ranging from a breach of contract to employment disputes. During her career as an attorney, Ms. Scott has been able to obtain significant results for her clients through both jury awards and settlements that she has negotiated out of court. Her fellow attorneys have taken note of her successful track record and have awarded her a "Superb" peer review rating through Avvo.
Born and raised in Atlanta, Ms. Scott attended Spelman College as an undergraduate, where she majored in history and received a Bachelor of Arts cum laude in 1995. After obtaining a Master of Arts in education from Mercer University in 1998, she taught middle school students in DeKalb County before she subsequently decided to pursue a legal education at Atlanta's John Marshall Law School. After being awarded her Juris Doctor in 2006, Ms. Scott gained significant litigation experience at area law firms before joining Townsend & Lockett. She is a past president of the Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys and is active in other professional groups as well.
260 Peachtree Street, NW, Suite 1001
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
Practice areas
Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff, Personal Injury - Medical Malpractice: Plaintiff, Personal Injury - Products: Plaintiff- 60% Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff
- 20% Personal Injury - Medical Malpractice: Plaintiff
- 20% Personal Injury - Products: Plaintiff
First Admitted: 2007, Georgia
Professional Webpage: https://www.sftriallawyers.com/about-us/attorneys/janet-c-sc...
Bar / Professional Activity
- Director of Government Affairs, NBMBAA - Atlanta Chapter, 2026
- Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys, Board Member, committee co-chair, 2026
- Georgia Association of Women Lawyers - Member, 2025
- Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys, Special Events co-chair, 2025
- Lawyers Club of Atlanta, since 2017, 2024
- Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys Foundation, Board Member, 2024
- Director of Legal Affairs, National Black MBA Association-Atlanta Chapter, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
- GABWA Foundation, President, 2021
- GABWA Foundation, President, 2020
- Northern and Middle federal district courts in Georgia
- Georgia Supreme Court
- Georgia Court of Appeals
- Georgia
- American Bar Association Awards, Georgia Young Lawyers’ Division (“YLD”), Director
- Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys, President, 2016
Verdicts / Settlements (Case Results)
- $500k Settlement - Our client was driving his motorcycle when a police officer recklessly (and needlessly) joined a high-speed chase. During the chase, in which the officer was driving in excess of 70 mph through a city street (without sirens), the officer improperly changed lanes while he was behind our client, and while our client was making a left-hand turn. Our client suffered burns to half his body and he broke several bones. Under ordinary circumstances, our client would be entitled to significantly more but his settlement was capped because of governmental immunity. The officer was criminally charged with reckless driving. , 2020
Pro bono / Community Service
- GABWA Foundation, Board of Directors, Board Member, 2025
- Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys Foundation, Board Member, 2024
- Atlanta Hawks She Leads Mentoring Program, 2024
- Women's Collective, 2024
- Board Member-NBMBAA-Atlanta Chapter, 2024
- United States Selective Service Board, DeKalb County, Georgia, since 2008, 2023
- Georgia High School Mock Trial Competition, Evaluator, 2022
- ABA Bench & Bar Academy Committee Member and Panel leader, Atlanta, Georgia, 2022
- Board Member, NBMBAA-Atlanta Chapter, 2022
- Board member, NBMBAA-Atlanta Chapter, 2021
- President, GABWA Foundation, 2021
- Georgia High School Mock Trial Competition, Evaluator, 2021
- Georgia High School Mock Trial Competition, Evaluator, 2019
- GABWA Foundation Board, Vice President and Director, 2019
- Georgia High School Mock Trial Competition, Evaluator, 2018
- St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Atlanta Gala Chair, 2014
- Aspiring Youth Program Committee, Co-Chair, 2009
Educational Background
- Spelman College, B.A. cum laude, 1995
- Mercer University, M.Ed, 1998
Scholarly Lectures / Writings
- CLE Panel presentation , Contributing Attorney, Social Media: Friend or Foe Panel Presentation, Legal, 2022
Other Outstanding Achievements
- Spirit of GABWA Award, 2021
- Spirit of GABWA Award, 2018
Honors
- 100 Top Black Women of Influence, Atlanta Business League, 2016
- Who's Who is Law and Accounting, Atlanta Business Chronicle, 2016
- "Top 25 Women of Atlanta," 2015, Rolling Out Magazine, 2015
- Turnkett Leadership Character Award, Turnkett Leadership Group, 2014
- Leadership DeKalb, Class of 2010, Leadership DeKalb, 2010
- Scholarship Recipient and an Outstanding Law Student, Georgia Association of Women Lawyers
- Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers
Industry Groups
- Legal
Office location for Janet C. Scott
260 Peachtree Street Northwest
Suite 1001
Atlanta, GA 30303
Phone: 888-915-0998
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2024 - 2026
- Rising Stars: 2016 - 2017
