Debra J. Scadden graduated from O.C.U. School of Law, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, in 1993. She moved to Lafayette in 1994 and joined The Glenn Armentor Law Corporation in 1995.

Debra specializes in personal injury litigation and is admitted to practice in the Western District Federal Court and all Louisiana State Courts. She is a member of the Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association, the Louisiana State Bar Association and the Lafayette Parish Bar Association.

In 1997, Debra served on the Board of Directors for the Lafayette Volunteer Lawyers, where she developed the Big Law Firm Challenge.