Scott A. Staples

Scott Staples came on board in 2006 as a clerk during law school, and joined the firm as an associate attorney in 2007. He was made a shareholder in the firm in 2010. Scott graduated, cum laude, from Washington State University Vancouver with a BA in English, and obtained his Juris Doctorate from Willamette University College of Law, with cum laude honors there as well. He has successfully represented clients in a variety of different types of injury cases, including auto collisions, premises liability, animal attacks, watercraft accidents, and construction site injuries. He has appeared, and won, before the Washington State Supreme Court (Weismann v. Safeco, 2012). Scott has volunteered time for the past several years at the Clark County Volunteer Lawyers Housing Justice Project. He has previously served on the new member and membership committees for the Washington State Association for Justice (WSAJ), and has acted as chair and co-chair of the WSAJ Clark County Roundtable. He is a member of the Washington State Bar Association and the Clark County Bar Association, and an Eagle member of the Washington State Association for Justice. Scott is admitted to practice in all Washington state and federal courts. Scott was born and raised in Vancouver, attending Vancouver public schools and graduating from Hudson’s Bay High School. He enjoys playing, recreational basketball and softball, skiing, and spending time with his wife and three children.

• Partner

• Schauermann, Thayer & Jacobs, P.S., Law Clerk

• Clark County Volunteer Lawyers Housing Justice Project, Volunteer

• Washington
• Oregon

• American Association for Justice, 2014-present
• Washington State Bar Association, 2007-present
• Oregon State Bar Association, 2013-present
• Washington State Association for Justice, Eagle Member, 2007-present
• Oregon Trial Lawyers Association, 2013-present
• Clark County Bar Association, 2007-present
• Multnomah Bar Association, 2013-present