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.