Scott Klausner represents clients from across diverse industries in an array of matters. Scott’s practice focuses primarily on civil writs and appeals and general employment litigation. His appellate experience includes representing clients and amici curiae in both employment and general litigation matters before the California Courts of Appeal, the United States Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court. Scott has broad experience handling matters involving discrimination, wrongful termination, retaliation, employee mobility, wage-and-hour violations, and various related statutory and regulatory issues. He is an Associate Editor of the two-volume Sixth Edition of Lindemann, Grossman & Weirich, Employment Discrimination Law, the official treatise of the American Bar Association in its field. Outside of the employment-law context, Scott has considerable experience handling anti-SLAPP and First Amendment litigation, corporate-governance issues, commercial disputes, contract matters, and complex procedural issues.
Prior to entering private practice, Scott served as a law clerk to the Honorable Arthur L. Alarcón of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. After clerking, Scott joined the Los Angeles office of Paul Hastings LLP as an associate in the Litigation and Employment Law departments. Scott has also been an adjunct professor at Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, where he helped law students hone their appellate-advocacy skills as a part of Loyola’s Ninth Circuit Clinic.
Scott received his J.D. from Loyola Law School and was Editor-in-Chief of the Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from Santa Clara University.
Scott is admitted to practice in California, before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth, Sixth, and Eleventh Circuits, and before United States District Courts for the Northern and Central Districts of California