Radford Scott LLP

What Radford Scott LLP does

Radford Scott LLP is a privately held, plaintiff-side employment law firm structured as a Georgia Limited Liability Partnership, headquartered at 125 Clairemont Ave., Suite 380, Decatur, Georgia. Founded by James Radford (UGA Law 2006) and Justin Scott (Emory Law 2007), the firm employs approximately 16–17 team members including managing partner, partners, associates, of counsel, paralegals, an intake specialist, and an office manager. The firm was joined by Partner Dan Werner, formerly of the Southern Poverty Law Center, who leads its nationally recognized labor trafficking practice.

The firm operates across eight practice areas: Employment Discrimination, Contract Review, Wage and Hour Law (FLSA), Labor Abuses (TVPA forced labor / trafficking), Georgia Whistleblower Act claims, Americans with Disabilities Act advocacy, Administrative Hearings, and Small Business Services. Its core technology is human legal expertise — there is no proprietary technology platform, software product, or AI system; the practice is built on courtroom litigation skill and knowledge of federal and Georgia employment statutes. Distribution is direct: prospective clients contact the firm through website forms, phone, or referral, with the firm filtering cases based on merit.

The business model is professional services revenue generated through contingency fees, hourly rates, and flat fees depending on case type and complexity. The customer base is primarily individual employees (workers, teachers, law enforcement, managers, executives) facing workplace discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wage theft, or whistleblower issues, with a secondary segment of small businesses seeking employment-policy compliance counsel. Geographic scope is concentrated in the greater Atlanta metropolitan area and DeKalb, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Richmond, and Clarke Counties in Georgia, with federal court work extending reach. Marketing relies on website content, blog, attorney referrals, Google reviews, press releases on significant verdicts, and legislative advocacy — generating earned media in outlets such as Newsweek and WABE.

Name

Radford Scott LLP

Legal name

Radford Scott LLP

Website

https://radfordscott.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Radford Scott LLP is a plaintiff-side employment law firm in Decatur, Georgia, representing hundreds of individual employees in discrimination, wage, whistleblower, ADA, and labor trafficking matters, with a secondary small-business compliance practice.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Employment Law Services

NAICS

Legal Services (5411)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Employment & Labor Law (BPAHAAAD)

Keywords

• Employment law services
• Workplace discrimination representation
• Wage and hour litigation
• Labor trafficking advocacy
• Whistleblower protection law

Headquarters

HQ city

Decatur

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Legal Services - Employee Representation: The firm generates revenue primarily through legal fees charged to individual employees for employment law representation, including discrimination cases, wrongful termination, wage and hour claims, FMLA violations, ADA claims, and whistleblower retaliation cases. Fees may be structured as contingency fees, hourly rates, or flat fees depending on the nature of the case.
2. Legal Services - Small Business Counsel: The firm also provides ongoing employment advice and contract review services to select small businesses seeking to comply with employment laws. This includes drafting employment policies, reviewing compensation structures, and negotiating employment-related contracts.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Radford Scott LLP is an employee-side employment law firm representing individuals in workplace discrimination, wrongful termination, wage and hour, FMLA, ADA, whistleblower retaliation, and labor trafficking cases. The firm also provides select small businesses with employment policy drafting, compensation compliance, contract review, and EEOC defense services. The firm operates from a single office in Decatur, Georgia, serving the greater Atlanta metropolitan area.

Product overview

Radford Scott LLP is an employment law firm offering a comprehensive suite of legal services for both employees and select small businesses. The firm's practice areas include Employment Discrimination (representing victims of discrimination based on race, sex, disability, age, and other protected characteristics), Contract Review (negotiating and litigating employment agreements and restrictive covenants), Wage and Hour Law (FLSA violations including overtime and misclassification claims), Labor Abuses (human trafficking and forced labor cases under TVPA), Georgia Whistleblower Act protection, Americans with Disabilities Act advocacy, Administrative Hearings (public employee appeals and Title IX matters), and Small Business Services (employment policy drafting and EEOC defense). The firm operates from a single location in Decatur, Georgia, serving clients throughout the greater Atlanta metropolitan area.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Employment Discrimination

Quantifiable outcome

• $5.75 million in total verdicts achieved in January 2026 alone (including $5.5 million+ for Bryant and $250,000 for DeKalb jailers)
• +7 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Parks, Chesin & Walbert, P.C.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-counsel relationship with Parks, Chesin & Walbert, P.C. in the Lawson v. City of Atlanta consent decree case. James Radford previously worked at this firm, which is described as one of Georgia's most prestigious civil rights law firms. The firms collaborate on ADA class action litigation.
• Georgia Lord (Private Attorney)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-counsel with attorney Georgia Lord in the Lawson v. City of Atlanta consent decree case, representing wheelchair users and mobility-impaired residents in ADA compliance litigation.
• Andrew Coffman (Parks, Chesin & Walbert)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-counsel with Andrew Coffman of Parks, Chesin & Walbert, P.C. in the Lawson v. City of Atlanta consent decree case for ADA sidewalk accessibility.
• Trent Coggins (Private Attorney, Valdosta, GA)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal counsel relationship with attorney Trent Coggins of Valdosta, Georgia in the Grantham v. City of Lakeland case under the Georgia Whistleblower Act.
• Co-Counsel in Ortiguerra and Escobar CasescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDan Werner works with co-counsel in large labor trafficking cases (Ortiguerra v. Grand Isle Shipyard and Escobar v. National Maintenance Contractors), representing immigrant workers in federal court litigation against forced arbitration.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• HKM Employment Attorneys LLP: Atlanta-based boutique employment law firm. Comparable in Georgia geography and employee-side focus, with similar size and lean headcount.
• Katz, Marshall & Banks LLP: Washington, D.C.-based boutique specializing in employee-side employment, whistleblower, and civil rights litigation. Comparable in plaintiff employment focus, trial-driven model, and case selectivity.
• Wigdor LLP: New York-based plaintiff-side employment law firm. Similar in exclusive employee representation, trial orientation, and high-profile verdict track record across discrimination and harassment cases.
• Outten & Golden LLP: Nationally recognized employee-side employment law firm. Comparable in exclusive representation of employees in discrimination, wage/hour, and whistleblower matters, with a notably deeper bench and broader geographic reach.
• Parks, Chesin & Walbert, P.C. Georgia-based civil rights and employment law firm with deep employee-side practice. Active co-counsel partner with Radford Scott on ADA class action litigation, and the firm where James Radford previously practiced. Directly comparable in employment discrimination and civil rights focus.
• Barrett & Farahany: Atlanta-based plaintiff-side employment law firm representing employees in discrimination, harassment, and wage cases. Directly comparable in employee-side employment law, Georgia-geographic focus, and trial-driven practice.

Broad incumbents

• The Cochran Firm: National plaintiff-side firm with significant employment and civil rights practice. Comparable in employment litigation focus but operates at a much larger scale with multiple offices and a broader portfolio of personal injury and civil rights cases.
• Jackson Lewis P.C. National labor and employment law firm. Operates on the management-side rather than employee-side, so not a direct competitor, but is a useful comparator for employment law firm scale and the broader Georgia employment-law market in which Radford Scott competes for talent and clients.

Others

• Southern Poverty Law Center: Civil rights organization where Dan Werner served as Senior Supervising Attorney before joining Radford Scott. Comparable in civil rights and labor trafficking litigation focus, but operates as a non-profit legal organization rather than a fee-for-service firm.
• Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals (Staff Attorney alumni network): Federal appellate court where Managing Partner James Radford served as a Staff Attorney. Not a competitor, but a relevant institutional reference point for the firm's civil rights pedigree and the talent pipeline from which Radford was drawn.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/radfordscott
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/radford-scott

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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