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Elizabeth A. Scully

Elizabeth A. Scully is a skilled trial attorney who maintains a broad-based litigation practice. Ms. Scully has successfully defended the firm’s clients in matters involving complex commercial and contract disputes, professional malpractice, employment litigation, premises liability and antitrust claims. She is a member of the firm’s Electronic Discovery Rapid Response Team and has extensive experience handling matters involving the management, discovery and production of large-scale electronic records. Ms. Scully is also an active member of the firm’s Employment Litigation and Class Action Defense practice teams.

Some of Ms. Scully’s representative matters include:

• Representation of a leading newspaper and commercial printer in an antitrust suit brought in the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico; obtained summary judgment in favor of the client. Ramallo Bros. Printing, Inc. v. El Dia, Inc., et al., 392 F. Supp. 2d 118 (D. P.R. 2005).
• Representation of cardiac surgeon against claim that post-operative care caused blindness in one eye; three-week jury trial in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia resulted in defense verdict; drafted Appellee’s Brief-defense verdict affirmed by the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. Haidak v. Corso, 841 A.2d 316 (D.C. 2004).
• Representation of employer in a Section 1981 race discrimination and retaliation case brought in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia; obtained summary judgment in favor of the client; drafted Appellee’s Brief-summary judgment affirmed by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. Ford v. G.E. Lighting, LLC, 121 Fed. Appx. 1 (4th Cir. 2005).
• Representation of franchisor in an action brought by the franchisee, who sought a preliminary injunction under the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act; obtained an order denying entry of a preliminary injunction and preventing the franchisee from introducing any evidence regarding an alleged extension of the franchise agreement. Harris v. Equilon Enterprises, LLC, 107 F. Supp. 2d 921 (S.D. Ohio 2000).
• Representation of a commercial airline in a multimillion-dollar fraud and breach of contract claim brought against a national telecommunications corporation in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia; obtained a favorable settlement for the client.
• Representation of a national servicer of mortgage loans in a Fair Debt Collection Act action brought against the client in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia; obtained summary judgment in favor of the client.
• Representation of war-torn country preparing genocide claims to be brought before the International Court of Justice.
• Representation of professional liability insurance company providing counsel on a variety of insurance coverage issues.

Ms. Scully began her litigation practice in Baker Hostetler’s Columbus, Ohio, office. While in Columbus, she also served as a mediator for the Franklin County Municipal Court in a variety of contract disputes. In June 1999, Ms. Scully transferred to Baker Hostetler’s Washington, D.C., office, where she is now a partner.

Ms. Scully is a member of the American, Ohio, Virginia, District of Columbia, Maryland and Fairfax County Bar Associations. In 2006, she was elected and currently is serving as Treasurer of the District of Columbia Bar. She is a member of the District of Columbia Bar Finance and Budget Committees and serves as the District of Columbia Bar Board of Governors Sections’ liaison for the Litigation Section Steering Committee. She also Co-Chairs the Judicial and Executive Endorsements Committee of the Washington, D.C., Women’s Bar Association. From 2000 to 2006, she served on the Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts, Associates Board of Directors, and chaired the Wolf Trap Young Associates Committee.