Scott W. Weatherford

Blockchain & Digital Assets

• Successfully obtained permanent injunction and final judgment on behalf of a dual-token cryptocurrency company after its former President stole trade secrets and attempted to form a competing company.

Technology Litigation

• Obtained favorable settlement in “bet-the-company” litigation when client’s computer network was hacked due to faulty security software and integration.
• Represented Silicon Valley corporation in breach of contract action involving sale of domain names and other intellectual property.
• Prosecuted breach of contract and other claims resulting from poor design and implementation of enterprise resource planning system.
• Represented a local business owner in the prosecution of a breach of contract claim related to a dispute over personal property. Tried the case to a judge in state court in Travis County and obtained a favorable ruling awarding damages and attorneys’ fees.

Trade Secret/Non-Compete Litigation

• Successfully defended a former employee against allegations of trade secret misappropriation resulting from alleged violations of non-competition, non-solicitation, and non-disclosure obligations.
• Obtained temporary restraining order, temporary injunction, and favorable settlement when client’s business partner attempted to steal goodwill and trade secrets from the company.
• Successfully avoided preliminary and permanent injunctions sought against former franchisee for alleged violations of a non-compete agreement.
• Obtained temporary restraining order, temporary injunction, and favorable settlement when client’s competitor downloaded and misappropriated thousands of proprietary and confidential documents.
• Represented a plumbing and HVAC service company in obtaining a permanent injunction and a six-figure settlement in a case involving theft of trade secrets claims.

Workplace Compliance

• Resolved numerous discrimination, harassment and retaliation lawsuits.
• Successfully resolved a purported class-action involving allegations of widespread wage and hour violations resulting from misclassification of independent contractors.
• Defended an engineering and construction company throughout an extensive OSHA investigation conducted by the Department of Labor, resulting in a dismissal of the initial complaint and a finding of no violations.

• The Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/White Inc.), Commercial Litigation, 2024
• Texas Rising Star, Super Lawyers by Thomson Reuters, 2019-2023
  • Business Litigation
  • Employment Litigation
  • Intellectual Property Litigation
• “Austin’s Top Attorneys” List – Commercial Litigation, Austin Monthly, 2021-2023
• Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation, 2018

• Author, “The Ad Hoc Duty: A Landowner’s Duty to Protect After Del Lago Partners v. Smith” 63 Baylor L. Rev. 656.
• Speaker, General Counsel Forum (Austin/San Antonio Chapter) Quarterly Event, Attorney/Client Privilege, September 2016.
• Speaker, Association of Corporate Counsel (Austin Chapter) Luncheon, Attorney/Client Privilege, April 2016.
• Speaker, Jackson Walker 2015 Labor & Employment Seminar, Attorney/Client Privilege, October 2015.
• Speaker, TWCA/TRWA Water Law Seminar, Legal Ethics and Social Media, January 2015
• Speaker, Labor & Employment Seminar, Social Media and the NLRB, September 2014
• Speaker RMCMI Conference & Annual Meeting, Social Media: Policy, Procedure, and Personal Use, June 2014

Scott is a native Austinite who prides himself on active participation in the Austin community.

• Central Texas Food Bank of Texas, Past Board Member
• Junior Achievement of Central Texas, Past Board Member
• Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce’s Leadership Austin
  • Graduate of Emerge Class of 2015
• Austin Stone Community Church, Deacon
• State Bar of Texas
• American Bar Association
• Austin Bar Association
  • Technology Section
  • Adoption Day Committee
• Austin Young Lawyers Association
  • Graduate of Leadership Academy Class of 2018

• Represented a local business owner in the prosecution of a breach of contract claim related to a dispute over personal property. Tried the case to a judge in state court in Travis County and obtained a favorable ruling awarding damages and attorneys’ fees.

• Defended a federal contractor against a qui tam lawsuit brought by a former employee. Obtained a voluntary dismissal by the plaintiff after filing a motion to dismiss under Federal Rule 12(b)(6).

• Defended an engineering and construction company throughout an extensive OSHA investigation conducted by the Department of Labor, resulting in a dismissal of the initial complaint and a finding of no violations.