Areas of Practice
Corporate & Business Law
Scott represents small businesses, family-owned companies, and civic organizations in commercial disputes, contract litigation, construction conflicts, and governance matters. He also has experience in land use and zoning, including variance requests and appearances before municipal boards. His focus is practical: resolve disputes quickly, keep costs in check, and help clients get back to running their businesses.
Election Law
Scott advises candidates, campaigns, and political organizations on ballot access, compliance, recounts, and emergency election litigation. With frontline experience in both the 2020 and 2024 Georgia election cycles, he is trusted to handle matters where legal, political, and reputational risks converge.
Political Law & Advocacy
Scott counsels candidates, lobbyists, and political consultants on ethics rules, campaign finance, and lobbying regulations. He has supported campaigns at every level—from gubernatorial to mayoral and legislative races—and has worked alongside professional organizations to advance legislative priorities. His background gives him insight into the intersection of law, policy, and public perception.
Data Privacy & Constitutional Rights
Scott is committed to defending constitutional rights, particularly the Fourth Amendment’s protections against unreasonable searches and seizures. He counsels clients on data privacy concerns and advocates for limits on surveillance, believing that strong privacy protections are vital to both democracy and business integrity.
Election and Consulting Lawyer
About Shipley Law Firm, PLLC
Founder & Managing Attorney, Shipley Law Firm, PLLC
Scott D. Shipley is the founder and managing attorney of Shipley Law Firm, PLLC, a multi-state practice serving clients in Arizona and Georgia. His work focuses on political law, corporate governance, and complex business disputes, with a practice that spans litigation, negotiation, and transactional matters.
In the 2024 presidential election, Scott represented a major political party in metropolitan Atlanta during election night, when bomb threats threatened to disrupt polling and extend voting hours. He argued on behalf of the party in emergency injunction proceedings in a highly contested county and served as a roving attorney, monitoring polling sites and addressing both legal and media disputes throughout the day. That experience cemented his ability to keep clients steady under pressure and to act decisively in fast-moving, high-stakes situations.
Scott also advises businesses, corporations, and organizations of all sizes, as well as real estate investors, banks, and professionals across industries, including procurement and U.S.-based businesses engaged in the international procurement of goods. His practice includes contract and real estate litigation, asset acquisitions and sales, banking law, and corporate governance. He has negotiated resolutions to countless business disputes, provided legal counsel in corporate transactions, and assisted clients in resolving issues strategically and efficiently before they grow into larger financial problems. He has also been retained as special counsel in a corporate derivative lawsuit to determine the rights of officers under the corporation’s organizational documents.
In addition to corporate and transactional work, Scott represents clients in tort matters involving reputational interests, including defamation, slander, libel, and invasion of privacy. His approach emphasizes confidentiality, steady judgment, and solutions that protect both business and personal reputations.
Scott earned his B.A. in Political Science and his J.D. from Arizona State University. He is licensed in Arizona and Georgia and admitted to practice before the Arizona Supreme Court, the Supreme Court of Georgia, the Georgia Court of Appeals, and the U.S. District and Bankruptcy Courts for the Northern, Middle, and Southern Districts of Georgia. He is a member of the American Bar Association, State Bar of Arizona, State Bar of Georgia, Maricopa County Bar Association, Atlanta Bar Association, and the National Republican Lawyers Association.
In 2025, Scott and his wife relocated from Roswell, Georgia, to Gilbert, Arizona where they are busy raising their three children.
Notable Representations
• Represented a major political party during the 2024 presidential election in emergency injunction proceedings in Atlanta after bomb threats threatened polling closures.
• Retained as special counsel in a corporate derivative lawsuit to determine the rights of officers and directors under the corporation’s organizational documents.
• Served as second chair in a 2025 Georgia jury trial, resulting in a fraudulent real estate investor being found personally liable for fraud and punitive damages after defrauding investors.
• Assisted businesses and individuals in zoning, land use, and permitting disputes, negotiating directly with city councils and government officials to reach favorable resolutions.