SCOTT EDWARD COLE

Scott Edward Cole
Email:
scole@scalaw.com

Scott Edward Cole, President of Scott Cole & Associates, APC, originated the predecessor law firm in 1992 and has devoted the firm to employment law matters ever since. The excellence of Scott Cole & Associates, APC is embodied in Mr. Cole, who has dedicated himself and the firm’s resources to the representation of plaintiffs in employment class action matters and the leadership of lawyers in these and other forms of class action litigation.

Mr. Cole’s extensive experience prosecuting wage payment and other forms of class/complex actions, often as lead counsel among many firms, has not only established him as an outstanding advocate in his field but has identified him as a leader in his niche of the legal profession, highly respected by colleagues and opponents alike. The aggregate of Mr. Cole’s accomplishments is the recovery of hundreds of millions of dollars to hundreds of thousands of plaintiffs nationwide and the correction of unlawful employment practices in companies of all sizes and in every industry imaginable.

Mr. Cole is a graduate of the University of San Francisco School of Law where he served as President of the Labor & Employment Law Society and San Francisco State University (B.A., Speech Communications: Individual Major in Rhetoric and Minor Study in Business Administration). He is a member of the California State Bar and the State Bar's Labor and Employment Law Section, is admitted to practice before the Central, Eastern, Northern and Southern District Courts of California, the United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit and has practiced before federal District Courts in several states. Mr. Cole is a former member of the National Association of Securities Dealers (Series 7 Licensed), has served as a member/referral attorney for California's Animal Legal Defense Fund, and as a member of the Board of Directors of the American Synergy Center, the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, the California Employment Lawyers Association, and the American Bar Association. Finally, Mr. Cole has served as a consulting expert in wage and hour class actions, served as a guest speaker on these topics and authored numerous scholarly publications on issues surrounding employment law and class action procedure.