Scott Griggs

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Personal Information

Scott Griggs was elected to the Dallas City Council in May 2011 to represent District 3 and the residents of West Dallas, Oak Cliff, and Mountain Creek/The Woods. In May 2013, Scott was reelected to represent residents in North Oak Cliff in the redrawn District 1. Scott grew up in Dallas, attended Texas A&M University and graduated with a degree in chemistry before attending law school at the University of Texas.

After obtaining his law degree, Scott returned to Dallas to practice intellectual property law. In 2002, he married his college sweetheart, Mariana, and moved to Oak Cliff. Scott and Mariana enjoy riding bicycles and Scott is an avid chess player.

In 2004, Scott joined his late father’s firm, Griggs Bergen LLP, as a partner. Following in his father’s professional foot steps, Scott specializes in patent and trademark preparation and prosecution before the United States Patent & Trademark Office. He provides counsel on evaluating and protecting intellectual property assets and developing portfolio management strategies to help companies – from startups to multinationals – protect core technologies and enhance overall intellectual property positions.

Scott was the two-term president of the Fort Worth Avenue Development Group from 2007 to 2010, where he successfully created a Tax Increment Finance (TIF) District, implemented crime and code compliance programs, and advocated for more New Urbanism-based transportation planning and zoning. He has also served on the executive committees of his neighborhood association in Stevens Park Estates, the Oak Cliff Chamber of Commerce, and Oak Cliff Transit Authority. An early advocate of complete streets and bringing the modern streetcar to Oak Cliff, Scott was part of the TIGER I team and $23 million grant for the streetcar.