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John Scully
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John Scully

Shareholder at Cooper & Scully, P.C.

Dallas, Texas

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Specialties & Experience

Personal Injury

About John Scully

John is a founding shareholder of Cooper & Scully. A highly skilled and experienced trial lawyer, John's hallmark is his dedication to client satisfaction. John has been selected to Texas Super Lawyers® list of the Top 100 Lawyers in Texas from 2018-present. He has been elected to the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) with the rank of Advocate, and has been selected to D Magazine’s Best Lawyers in Dallas from 2015-present. John is AV Preeminent Peer Review rated by Martindale-Hubbell and has been featured in the Texas Super Lawyers® list from 2003-present. John is recognized in Best Lawyers in America's 29th edition as Lawyer of the Year in the fields of Litigation - Health Care and Medical Malpractice Law - Defense. He has also been recognized many times in Best Lawyers in America for his work in Commercial Litigation John is Board Certified in both Civil Trial Law and Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. John is licensed in Texas, Montana, and Oklahoma John is routinely retained to try high-dollar exposure cases in the areas of business litigation, catastrophic injury and wrongful death and professional liability. His professional liability practice includes representation of hospitals and other health care providers, attorneys, law firms and other professionals. John has served as national trial counsel on birth and catastrophic injury litigation for numerous hospital systems and insurance carriers. Over the past 39 years, John has developed a diverse civil trial practice involving an array of industries, including health care, insurance, oil and gas, financial and pharmaceutical. He has represented a variety of clients ranging from Fortune 500 companies to governmental entities and individuals in complex commercial litigation, personal injury lawsuits, class actions, administrative proceedings and Qui Tam/False Claims Act actions and related investigations. While John has always been a sports fanatic, his support of his children's activities led to his passionate involvement in coaching youth sports. John served as assistant coach for the Parish Episcopal high school football team since 2009 and Associate Head Coach since 2018 (State Championships in 2010, 2014, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2025!), and previously as Head Coach of the school's 7th/8th grade team for many years.. John currently serves on the Board of Trustees, and previously served as Chair of the Board of Visitors, for his undergraduate alma mater DePauw University, John also served on Parish's Board of Trustees.

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