Will T. Scott

William Thompson Scott (born July 20, 1947) is an American jurist who is a former justice of the Kentucky Supreme Court. He was elected in November 2004 to represent the 7th Supreme Court District, which consists of 22 counties in Eastern Kentucky.

Effective July 1, 2006, Justice Scott replaced Justice Martin E. Johnstone (who retired June 30, 2006) as Deputy Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Then-Chief Justice Joseph Lambert conducted the formal swearing-in ceremony for Deputy Chief Justice Scott on July 17, 2006. Scott served as Deputy Chief Justice from 2006 to 2010.

A Vietnam veteran, he is a recipient of the Bronze Star Medal.

Scott previously served as a trial attorney from 1975 to 1980, as an assistant commonwealth's attorney for Pike County from 1981 to 1982 and as a Kentucky Circuit Court judge from 1984 to 1988.

In November 2014, Scott revealed that he was considering running for Governor of Kentucky in the 2015 election. On January 6, he announced his candidacy for Governor. On January 13, 2015, Scott kicked off his Republican campaign for governor Tuesday by announcing that former Menifee County Sheriff Rodney Coffey would be his running mate.

Scott urged Kentuckians to contact Senator Rand Paul and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and ask them to help push the Obama administration to move ahead faster with oil and gas drilling in the Alaskan Arctic.

After resigning from the Kentucky Supreme Court, David Allen Barber was appointed in Scott's place until Samuel T. Wright III was elected and replaced him.