About Scott O
Scott O Cummings studied history at California State University, Long Beach before turning to law. He earned a B.A. in History with a minor in Philosophy in 1996 and continued his studies at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, receiving a J.D. in 1999. His academic path gave him a mix of liberal arts context and formal legal training.
He began his legal career in private practice. In 2001 he worked as an associate at the Law Offices of Mark Weidmann. A year later he opened a solo practice under his own name. That chapter lasted nearly a decade. In 2011 he became a partner at the Law Offices of Cummings & Franck, P.C., where he remains today. That move shifted him from solo practice back into a collaborative firm setting.
Cummings is admitted to practice in California and is also authorized to appear before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Those admissions allow him to handle cases in both state and federal forums. He is an active member of two professional organizations that center on workplace law: the California Employment Lawyers Association and the National Employment Lawyers Association. Those memberships align him with other lawyers who handle employment disputes and related litigation.
Across his career he has handled matters that commonly arise for employees in the workplace. He represents individuals in disputes over wages, alleged discrimination, retaliation and wrongful termination. His practice includes litigation in state courts and filings in federal venues when appropriate. He has experience moving cases from demand and negotiation stages into formal litigation when clients choose that route.
Colleagues and clients have described him as methodical in preparing cases and persistent in court. He balances casework with the administrative demands of running a small firm and participating in professional associations. He has managed both the front-end client work and the back-end tasks that keep a practice operating.
Today Cummings works out of Cummings & Franck, P.C., where he continues to handle employment-related disputes and representative litigation on behalf of workers. His practice remains focused on defending employee rights in California and, when matters require, before the Ninth Circuit.
