Scott is a trial lawyer whose practice focuses on professional liability, construction, and business litigation in Minnesota and North Dakota. He has tried multiple cases to verdict in state and federal court and in arbitration.
After graduating summa cum laude from Mitchell Hamline School of Law, Scott served as a judicial law clerk in the Minnesota Court of Appeals for the Honorable Jill Flaskamp Halbrooks. He then litigated medical malpractice cases at a nationally recognized Minneapolis firm. Scott has also served as trial counsel for individuals and companies in trials involving business and construction issues.
Scott competed in mock trial in high school, college, and law school, and continues to stay involved in trial advocacy education. He is a member of the Minnesota State Bar Association’s Mock Trial Committee, periodically coaches mock trial teams, and helps lead Larson King’s advocacy training program. He also serves as faculty for the National Institute for Trial Advocacy’s Building Trial Skills and Deposition Skills programs, and as an adjunct faculty member teaching deposition skills at the University of Minnesota Law School.
LAW SCHOOL
Mitchell Hamline School of Law, summa cum laude
Mitchell Hamline Law Review, Volume 42, Executive Editor
COLLEGE
Hamline University, magna cum laude
ADMITTED
Minnesota
North Dakota
United States District Court – District of Minnesota
HONORS & AWARDS
Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch list (2026) (distinction awarded to lawyers who are earlier in their careers for outstanding professional excellence in private practice)
Minnesota Rising Stars list, Super Lawyers (2022–2026) (recognizing no more than 2.5 percent of the lawyers in Minnesota under the age of 40, or in practice 10 years or less)
MEMBER
Minnesota State Bar Association, Mock Trial Advisory Committee (2018–Present)
PUBLICATIONS & SEMINARS
Presenter, “Untangling Informed Consent: The Risk Management and Litigation Perspectives,” MnSHRM Conference (Spring 2025)
Co-Author, “A Claim is Born – A Doctrinal and Empirical Look at Birth-Related Claims,” Minnesota Defense, MDLA (2025)
Author, “Be Informed on Informed Consent,” For the Defense, DRI (September 2024)
Presenter, “Is Your Case a Candidate for a Nuclear Verdict?,” North Dakota Defense Lawyers Association Annual Meeting (Fall 2024)
Co-Author, “Facts or Fiction,” Minnesota Defense, MDLA (Winter 2024)
Author, “The Lowdown on HITECH—The Access Your Clients Still Have to Their Medical Records,” Robins Kaplan Justice Report (Spring 2020)
