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Scott is a member of the firm’s Commercial Litigation practice group, where he advises clients in a variety of business disputes. Scott began his career and practiced for 10 years with AmLaw 100 law firms in Washington, D.C., where he concentrated in antitrust litigation and merger investigations. In that practice, Scott represented numerous Fortune 500 companies in merger investigations by the Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division. In addition to his antitrust practice, Scott routinely represents clients in commercial cases in federal and state courts throughout the country.
He has represented companies in a variety of industries, including health care, medical devices, financial services, technology, construction, entertainment, automotive, oil and gas, retail, advertising, and manufacturing.
Scott received his J.D. from Loyola New Orleans College of Law, where he was on academic scholarship and served as an editor of the Law Review and a member of the Moot Court Board. He then received his LL.M. in Law & Economics from George Mason University School of Law. He received his B.A. in English from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Scott is licensed to practice in North Carolina, Virginia, and D.C.
- Listed among Business North Carolina Magazine Legal Elite: Litigation (2025-2026)
- Listed among Best Lawyers “Ones to Watch”: Antitrust Law (2021-2025)
- North Carolina State Bar
- Virginia State Bar
- District of Columbia Bar
- American Bar Association, Antitrust Section
- Section Council Leader, North Carolina Antitrust & Complex Business Disputes Law Section
- Board of Directors, Christ Church Outreach Ministries
- Representing health care company in trade secrets dispute in the Eastern District of Texas.
- Representing aviation broadband connectivity services provider in federal antitrust case in the Western District of North Carolina.
- Representing medical device manufacturer in eight-figure contract dispute with contract research organization.
- Obtained dismissal of numerous antitrust claims on behalf of multinational chemical manufacturing company in the Eastern District of North Carolina.
- Obtained judgment on the pleadings in seven-figure contract dispute in Eastern District of North Carolina.
- Successfully pursued multi-count breach of contract action against minority interest holder in Delaware Chancery Court.
- Successfully defended partnership in dispute by former partners in the North Carolina Business Court.
- Successfully pursued breach of contract claims by SaaS provider in North Carolina federal court.
- Successfully defended manufacturer in $10 million breach of contract case in Tennessee federal court.
- Successfully defended business against breach of contract claims by former business partner and won summary judgment on various fraud-based counterclaims.
- Successfully defended hotel operators in separate conduct investigations by the North Carolina Department of Justice.
- Obtained dismissal of lawsuit against credit card arm of international bank.
- Successfully defended construction company against negligence claims in arbitration.
- Defended global automotive company in products liability suits in numerous jurisdictions.
- Successfully defended numerous companies in investigations by the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice Antitrust Division.
- Presented on Algorithmic Pricing and Antitrust at 2026 North Carolina Bar Association Antitrust & Complex Business Disputes Law Section annual CLE.
- Moderated panel at 2025 North Carolina Bar Association Antitrust & Complex Business Disputes Law Section annual CLE
- Quoted in News & Observer article ”NC joins lawsuit accusing RealPage of helping landlords illegally collude to set rents,” Aug. 23, 2024
- Economic Implications of Third-Party Litigation Financing on the U.S. Civil Justice System, 8 J.L. Econ. & Pol’y, 593 (2012)
