Scott S. Bethune

Born:

Union City, Tennessee, April 2, 1963

Education:

University of Tennessee at Martin, B.S., 1985, University of Missouri at Kansas City, J.D., 1988

Practice Areas:

Products Liability; Lead Paint Litigation; Professional Negligence; Automobile and Tractor Trailer Litigation; Premises Liability

Membership:

Kansas City Metropolitan (Sustaining Member), Kansas and Tennessee Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar; Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys (Member, Board of Governors); Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Member, Products Liability Section).

Admissions:

1988, Missouri; 1989, Kansas; U.S. District Court, Western and Eastern Districts of Missouri and the District of Kansas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth and Tenth Circuits ; U.S. District Court, District of Kansas; 1995, Tennessee

Miscellaneous Information: Member, Million Dollar Advocates Forum.

Biography:

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

SCOTT S. BETHUNE is a founding member of the law firm of Davis, Bethune & Jones, LLC in Kansas City, MO. Mr. Bethune and his firm concentrate their trial practice in the areas of automobile/tractor-trailer litigation, lead paint litigation, product liability, professional negligence, railroad crossing litigation and mass tort litigation. Mr. Bethune received a Bachelor of Science from the University of Tennessee-Martin in 1985 and received a Juris Doctor from the University of Missouri-Kansas City in 1988. Mr. Bethune is licensed to practice law in the states of Missouri, Kansas and Tennessee. Mr. Bethune is admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the Western and Eastern Districts of Missouri and the District of Kansas, as well as the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth and Tenth Circuits. He has been recognized in the Kansas City Business Journal as "Best of the Bar" by his peers as well as a "Super Lawyer" by the Missouri Kansas Super Lawyer Magazine. In addition, Mr. Bethune has been inducted as a member of The American Board of Trial Advocates.

Mr. Bethune is a member of the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys (Member Board of Governors), the Kansas Association for Justice (Member Board of Governors) the American Association for Justice (Member Products Liability Section), the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association (Sustaining Member), the Missouri Bar Association, the Kansas Bar Association, the Tennessee Bar Association, and a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum.

Verdicts:

  • 10/27/06 - $37.5 Million Recovery for Family in Train Crossing Collision
  • 12/09/05 - $25 Million Verdict for Girl Injured in Vehicle Collision
  • 11/09/04 - $2.25 Million Verdict for Mechanic Injured by Exploding Battery
  • 08/02/04 - Lawyers, Doctors team up over "experimental care"
  • 08/14/03 - Product liability claim brings confidential settlement during fourth day of trial
  • 11/21/03 - Tractor-Trailer hit pickup head-on
  • 10/10/02 - KC Cancer Patient Wins $2.2B Vs. Pharmacist
  • 10/25/99 - $6.7 Million Recovery, Passenger Has Double Amputation After Truck Accident
  • 09/27/99 - KC Jury Awards $160M For RR Crossing Accident
  • 11/12/98 - $ 2.75 Million Verdict in Medical Malpractice Case
  • 07/14/98 - Fatal Accident Brings $ 5.2 Million
  • The American Trial Lawyers Association

    111 East Main Street | Dothan, AL 36301 | (866) 665-ATLA | Contact Us

    Home | About| Q & A | Membership | Member Benefits

    Conferences | Magazine | Blog | Contact Us