Scott has over 23 years experience as a trial lawyer helping clients successfully resolve challenging complex business and commercial disputes in both state and federal courts.

REPRESENTATIVE WORK

Defended T-Mobile USA, Inc. in a putative class action challenging charges for text messaging services.

Defended Cingular Wireless in several putative class actions challenging certain bill charges.

Obtained arbitration award for T-Mobile USA, Inc. against Qwest Corporation for unlawful charges for local calls in violation of the Telecommunications Act of 1996.

Obtained a favorable jury verdict in federal court for AT&T Wireless Services in an action for patent malpractice that had resulted in the loss of its rights to an important advance in cellphone technology.

Obtained a judgment after trial in favor of Frontier Bank, the PR of an estate, against claims that the decedent had been in a foreign common law marriage.

Advised Claircom, an air-to-ground telecommunications company, in an effective strategy to terminate the service with several major domestic commercial airlines, without breaching its contracts.

Obtained a preliminary injunction in federal court for Reliable Computers, a developer of computer software and hardware control systems, in an action for trademark and copyright infringement and breach of contact by its exclusive U.S. vendor.

PROFESSIONAL & COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

Adjunct Faculty in Trial Advocacy, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington (2007-2008, 2010)

Director, Washington Coalition for Open Government, a group promoting transparency in state and local government, and is a member of its legal committee (2007-present)

Cooperating attorney, ACLU of Washington (since 1987); counsel of record and author of an amicus brief to the United States Supreme Court for the ACLU and several of its chapters on the constitutionality of civil commitment statutes

Co-Chair Local Rules Committee, Federal Bar Association for the Western District of Washington (2010)

Member, Judiciary Committee, King County Bar Association (2010)

Chairman of the Board and Director, Delta Upsilon International Fraternity, Inc. (1992-2001), and Trustee, Delta Upsilon Educational Foundation, Inc. (2001-2002)

Director, Washington Ceasefire and the Ceasefire Foundation of Washington, an anti-gun violence education and lobbying group (1998-2002)

Trustee, King County Bar Foundation (1994-1997)

Chair, Young Lawyers Division of the King County Bar Association (1993-1994)

RECENT PUBLICATIONS & SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

“Broad and Sweeping Amendments to the Slayer Statute,” presenter, 7th Annual Trust and Estate Litigation Seminar, WSBA-CLE (March 12, 2010)

Who Gets the Proceeds of Life Insurance, with Karolyn Hicks, 37 REAL PROPERTY PROBATE & TRUST (WSBA, Winter 2010)

"Washington's Open Public Meetings Act," Open Government A to Z, WCOG, Seattle (Sept. 2009)

Litigating the Department of Revenue & Estate Tax Regulations on Pre-enactment Federal QTIP Property, 36 REAL PROPERTY PROBATE & TRUST (WSBA, Summer 2009)

Estate Disputes, WASHINGTON PROBATE DESKBOOK, Chapter 9, with Karolyn A. Hicks, Washington State Bar Association (2005)

Attorneys' Fees in Trust and Estate Disputes Before and After TEDRA, 27 REAL PROPERTY PROBATE & TRUST, No. 2 (WSBA, Summer 1999)

Lindahl versus Bronger: The Federal Circuit's Jurisdiction Over the MSPB's Civil Service Retirement Decisions, 34 AM. U. L. REV. 695 (1985)

Scott has been a frequent speaker on fiduciary litigation, trust and estate disputes, mediation and settlement, trial skills and open government

RECOGNITION

Super Lawyer, WASHINGTON LAW AND POLITICS (2002-2010)

Top Lawyer, WASHINGTON CEO magazine (2008)

Justice League, WASHINGTON CEO magazine (2006)

AV^® rated by Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review

BACKGROUND & INTERESTS

Law Clerk, Senior Circuit Judge Wilson Cowen, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Associate, Perkins Coie, Seattle, Washington