Scott S. Humphreys—a litigator with wide-ranging experience handling complex commercial, products liability and intellectual property matters for clients across industries—has rejoined Ballard Spahr as a partner in the firm's Los Angeles office. Humphreys returns to Ballard Spahr after serving as chief legal officer and general counsel for a biotech startup. As a member of the firm's commercial litigation and dispute resolution group, he will litigate matters in California federal and state courts, as well as other courts across the country. Humphreys' experience includes handling a billion-dollar case in the automotive sector, a 1,000-plus-plaintiff toxic tort action, high-profile media and entertainment litigation, a trade secret case involving an aerospace rocket startup and complex franchise litigation.