D. Scott Murray

Partner

Scott.Murray@lewisbrisbois.com

Scott Murray is a partner in the Jackson, Mississippi office. Scott’s legal practice focusses on insurance coverage analysis, opinions, consulting, disputes, litigation, and arbitration.

Over his career, Scott has had extensive experience representing domestic and foreign insurers and reinsurers in various insurance coverage matters. He has been involved with first-party and third-party insurance coverage disputes, including matters involving property policies, all risk policies, builder’s risk policies, delay in start-up coverage, commercial general liability policies, construction defect claims, and professional liability claims. Scott also has extensive experience defending insurers against bad faith claims.

Scott has also worked with insurance carriers to bring subrogation actions in commercial property matters and has assisted in the recovery of millions of dollars on behalf of insurers.

Primary Area(s) of Practice

  • Insurance Coverage
  • Bad Faith Litigation

Associations

  • ABA Litigation Section
  • ABA Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section
  • Alabama Bar Association
  • Mississippi Bar Association
  • Capital Area Bar Association

Awards & Honors

  • Martindale-Hubbell – AV Preeminent Peer Review Rating
  • Previous Selections as a Rising Star by Super Lawyers
  • University of Mississippi Law Journal, Associate Mississippi Cases Editor
  • Ray S. Mikell Law Scholarship
  • Will M. Whittington Memorial Scholarship

Education

University of Mississippi School of Law

Juris Doctor, summa cum laude, 2008

University of Mississippi

Bachelor of Arts, 2005

Publications

  • Is Representation in an Arbitration Considered the Unauthorized Practice of Law in Mississippi? 79 Miss. L.J. Supra 44 (2009)
  • DSU Primer: Valuable Coverage When a Project Goes Wrong, A.B.A. Construction Litigation Newsletter (Dec. 22, 2015)