Associate
Jonathan Scoggins
Jon Scoggins is a Junior Associate in LGWM’s Pensacola, Florida office, where he practices across the firm’s Architects & Engineers, Construction, General Liability, and Professional Liability Groups. He represents architects, engineers... Read More »
125 W. Romana Street, Suite 330, Pensacola, FL 32502
Full Bio
Jon Scoggins is a Junior Associate in LGWM’s Pensacola, Florida office, where he practices across the firm’s Architects & Engineers, Construction, General Liability, and Professional Liability Groups. He represents architects, engineers, design-builders, general contractors, and subcontractors in a broad range of complex construction disputes involving industrial, residential, and commercial projects.
Jon began his legal career as a paralegal for a solo practitioner, gaining hands-on experience before attending the University of Mississippi School of Law. There, he graduated third in his class and distinguished himself through his work with the Low-Income Housing Clinic and the Mississippi Innocence Project. He also worked part-time as a legal researcher for the National Sea Grant Law Center, deepening his understanding of federal, environmental, and regulatory law.
Professional Profile
Admitted
All Florida State Courts
Education
University of Mississippi School of Law, J.D., summa cum laude (2025)
- Class Rank: 3/159
- Student-Attorney, Low-Income Housing Clinic
- Student-Attorney, George C. Cochran Innocence Project
- Phi Delta Phi Award: Given to the graduating law student whose character, scholarship, personality, and general ability, in the opinion of the faculty, best exemplify the attributes of a successful lawyer
- Outstanding Student Award: Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Highest Mark (A+) in Contracts and Federal Jurisdiction
University of West Florida, B.A. in Legal Studies; Minors in Economic Policy and History (2020)
Reported Cases
Publications
Served as Contributing author to the “Environment, Energy, and Resources” section of the 2023 ABA—The Year in Review
Loper: The Death Knell for Chevron Deference?, 23:2 The Sandbar 4 (2024)
Pipeline Peril: Line 5 Litigation Continues, 23:4 The Sandbar 4 (2024)
The Mid-Atlantic Council: Fishing for Power Beyond Its Constitutional Limits, 24:1 The Sandbar 9 (2025)
First Circuit Upholds Protection of Right Whales’ Habitat, 24:2 The Sandbar 11 (2025)
Supreme Court Shrinks EPA’s Clean Water Act Authority, 24:3 The Sandbar 4 (2025)
