Scot Gibbons Dollinger

Scot Dollinger brings a credential few personal injury attorneys can match: he has served on both sides of the courtroom, as a trial attorney and as a sitting judge. Elected to the 189th Civil District Court of Harris County, Texas in 2018, Scot presided over personal injury, commercial, and civil rights cases and tried 45 jury trials from the bench. Before taking the bench, he tried more than 30 jury trials as a practicing attorney, litigated cases in over 60 Texas counties, and argued before every U.S. District Court in Texas as well as the Supreme Court of the United States.

Scot earned his undergraduate degree from Northwestern University and his JD from Emory University School of Law, where he graduated in 1987. He began his career as a law clerk for U.S. District Judge Howell Cobb in the Eastern District of Texas. He also served as Senior Litigation Counsel for Travelers Insurance Company, giving him a rare insider perspective on how insurance companies build and defend cases. Scot holds an AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell — the highest possible peer rating — and is Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. He is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), a prestigious organization requiring demonstrated trial experience for membership. With over 35 years practicing law and a judge’s understanding of how courts weigh evidence and arguments, Scot brings an unmatched strategic perspective to every case he handles at Trust Guss.
Over a 38-year legal career, Scot Dollinger has experienced the civil justice system from nearly every side of the courtroom. He has spent much of his career representing plaintiffs, practiced as a defense attorney for about a decade, and served as judge of the 189th Civil District Court in Harris County.

During his four years on the bench, he presided over 60 jury trials – experience that gave him an uncommon perspective on how attorneys build cases, how opposing sides approach a dispute, and how judges evaluate what happens in the courtroom. Today, Scot brings that perspective to his work with injured clients at Trust Guss Injury Lawyers.

Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, he draws on decades of experience to help clients navigate a legal system that can be difficult to understand on their own. As Scot puts it, “You need experience to navigate through this system – the law is complicated.”