Scott Tillett
An appellate lawyer you can count on when everything is on the line.
Scott Tillett co-founded Pine Tillett Pine LLP in 2016 where he handles civil appeals, specializing in plaintiff-side appeals with an emphasis on employment matters. Mr. Tillett is recognized as a Certified Appellate Law Specialist by the State Bar of California and he has been named to the Super Lawyers Southern California Rising Stars list consecutively since 2016. He was selected as one of five finalists for the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles's (CAALA) Appellate Attorney of the Year Award in 2019. Along with his partner, Norman Pine, Mr. Tillett was a recipient of the Daily Journal's 2020 California Lawyer Attorneys of the Year (CLAY) Award for his work on the landmark wrongful death civil rights action, B.B. v. County of Los Angeles (2020) 10 Cal.5th 1. He was also named one of The Daily Journal's "Top Labor & Employment Lawyers" in 2021.
In conjunction with his partner, Norman Pine, Mr. Tillett serves as an Associate Editor of Advocate Magazine, supervising the annual “Employment Law” issue. Mr. Tillett serves on the CELA Education Committee and the CAALA Wellness Committee. He is also a member of CAOC, AAJ, and the Appellate Courts Section of the LACBA.
Mr. Tillett received his Juris Doctor from the University of Southern California’s Gould School of Law in 2010. During law school, Mr. Tillett externed for the Honorable Judith C. Chirlin of the Los Angeles Superior Court and the Honorable Florence Marie Cooper of the United States District Court. Mr. Tillett was also a member of the USC Law, Review of Law and Social Justice, where he authored a note on the safety of pediatric off-label antidepressant prescription practices, which was published in 2010.
As an attorney, Mr. Tillett has authored articles for the CAALA publication, ADVOCATE, on the Private Attorney's General Act (May 2019), whistleblower protections (May 2018), the disentitlement doctrine (December 2017), and arbitration enforcement (June 2015).
- University of Southern California
- J.D. (2010)
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- Partner
- Pine Tillett Pine LLP
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- Pine & Pine
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- Associate
- Khorrami Boucher Sumner & Sanguinetti LLP
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- Associate
- R. Rex Parris Law Firm
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- Judicial Extern to the Honorable Florence Marie-Cooper
- United States District Court, Central District of California
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- Law Clerk
- Girardi & Keese
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- Judicial Extern to Honorable Judith C. Chirlin
- Los Angeles Superior Court
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- Substance abuse and mental health issues among attorneys, CAALA 2019 Annual Convention, Las Vegas, NV
- Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (CAALA)
- NELA Wellness Brunch, NELA 2020 Annual Convention
- National Employment Lawyers Association
- The Whole Lawyer: Mental Health, Well-Being, and Substance Abuse, LACBA 2020 Labor & Employment Law Symposium
- Los Angeles County Bar Association
- Specialty Credits, CAALA 2021 Annual Convention, Las Vegas, NV
- Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (CAALA)
- Certified Appellate Law Specialist
- State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization
- Southern California Rising Star
- Super Lawyers
- Top Labor & Employment Lawyer
- Daily Journal
- California Lawyer Attorney of the Year (CLAY) Award
- Daily Journal
- Received for work on the landmark wrongful death civil rights action, B.B. v. County of Los Angeles (2020) 10 Cal.5th 1.
- State Bar of California # 275119
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- Consumer Attorney's Association of Los Angeles
- Vice-Chair of Wellness Committee
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- California Employment Lawyers Association
- Education Committee
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- Los Angeles County Bar Association Appellate Courts Section
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- American Association for Justice
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- Consumer Attorneys of California
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- California
- State Bar of California
- ID Number: 275119
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- Free Consultation
- Contingent Fees
- Appeals & Appellate
- Civil Appeals, Federal Appeals
- English: Spoken, Written
- Spanish: Spoken