Mark L. Scott

Attorney Mark L. Scott is the managing attorney and founder of Mark Scott Law Group, PLLC, in Dallas, Texas. He focuses his practice on personal injury law where he helps injured parties involved in automobile accidents, and also takes on criminal defense cases, representing clients in the Dallas and Fort Worth metropolitan areas.

Mr. Scott has extensive trial experience inside the courtroom as he takes great pride in his trial skills and strategy as a hard-hitting trial attorney by trying over 100 jury trials to verdict. With an eye for detail and accuracy, he has obtained many favorable settlements for his clients who sustained injuries due to the fault of the negligent party.

Over the course of his career, Mr. Scott has handled a wide variety of misdemeanors, felonies, probation violations involving DWI/DUI cases such as intoxication assault, intoxication manslaughter, assault, possession of a controlled substance, and robbery, and murder. He has also spent much of his time providing legal services to his community.

Mr. Scott has earned a reputation as a prominent and respected criminal defense attorney throughout Dallas and Fort Worth. He understands the significant impact criminal charges can have on an individual’s life, which is why he takes the time to listen to each client’s story and makes it his goal to achieve an acquittal or dismissal in every situation.

Before becoming a criminal defense attorney, Mr. Scott served as a felony prosecutor at the Dallas County District Attorney's Office. While in this role, he gained substantial legal experience in criminal law and prosecuted numerous misdemeanors and felonies. He was rewarded for his efforts by being named “Prosecutor of the Year” by the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office in 2014.

Mr. Scott is a graduate of Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law. Since 2010, he has been licensed to practice law in the state of Texas and the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. He also is the owner of a Texas company called Lonestar Firearm Defense, which provides legal advice as well as protection for those protecting their Second Amendment constitutional rights.

Honored for his legal work, Mr. Scott has received distinctive recognition by being included in the Top 10 Criminal Law Attorneys list by the American Institute of Criminal Law Attorneys, and Attorney And Practice Magazine in 2018 and also the Top 40 Under 40 list by The National Trial Lawyers from 2017-2024. Expertise.com named him to the Best DUI Attorney in Texas list, and he has an Avvo rating of 10/10, along with numerous five-star reviews on Avvo as well as Google.