Phil Scanlon

An attorney at Travis Noble, P.C., Phil Scanlon focuses exclusively on criminal defense. From the firm’s offices in St. Louis, Missouri, the city where he was born and raised, he provides effective representation to people throughout the greater metropolitan area and in other parts of the state.

Mr. Scanlon attended William Jewell College in Liberty, Missouri, on an athletic scholarship, graduating in 2011 with a Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, in political science. He obtained his legal education at Saint Louis University School of Law earning his Juris Doctorate in 2014. While in law school, he was proudly selected to serve as an intern with the United States Army where he worked exclusively for the Trial Defense Service in Fort Riley, Kansas.

Mr. Scanlon is highly regarded for his successful representation of clients charged by the state or federal government with felony or misdemeanor offenses. He has worked on every type of criminal charge including but not limited to:

• Violent Crimes (1st and 2nd Degree Murder, Voluntary and Involuntary Manslaughter, Assaults, Domestic Assaults, Abuse of the Elderly, Child Abuse, Kidnapping, Stalking, Harassment)
• Drug Crimes (Trafficking, Manufacturing, Delivery, Possession, Conspiracy to Distribute, Possession with Intent to Distribute)
• Sex Offenses (Rape, Statutory Rape, Sodomy, Statutory Sodomy, Child Molestation, Sexual Misconduct, Possession and Distribution of Child Pornography)
• Property Crimes (Robbery, Burglary, Tampering, Property Damage, Stealing, Vandalism, Passing Bad Check)
• White Collar Crimes (Mail Fraud, Wire Fraud, Social Security Fraud, Embezzlement, Forgery, Unlawful Use of Credit Devices)
• Traffic Matters (Driving While Intoxicated, Careless & Imprudent Driving, Leaving the Scene of an Accident)

Mr. Scanlon has assisted thousands of criminally accused through conscientious, client-centered advocacy, and he has obtained positive results through acquittals, plea negotiations, and dismissals. Mr. Scanlon believes in the importance of counseling clients through the criminal-justice process. He welcomes the opportunity to fight cases at trial or on appeal.

After he graduated law school and prior to his entering private practice, worked for the Office of the State Public Defender in Missouri’s 24th Circuit. He joined Travis Noble, P.C. as an attorney in November 2019. He is admitted to practice in Missouri as well as before the U.S. District Court for the Eastern & Western Districts of Missouri, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, and the Supreme Court of the United States.