Scott advises and represents business clients with high value insurance claims, and has recovered more than $500 million from insurers. He has a nationwide practice, has tried insurance cases across the country, and has secured insurance decisions in the California Supreme Court, the Ninth Circuit and other courts of appeal.

Scott works within a diverse range of industries including aerospace, financial services, hospitality, oil and gas, manufacturing, steel products, technology, luxury goods, timber, restaurant, chemical, real estate and consulting.

Bar Admissions

Education
JD, University of California College of the Law, San Francisco, 1979

BA, The College of William & Mary, 1976

• Environmental Law, ABA Annual Review of Developments in Business and Corporate Litigation
• Tips for Filing Successful Wildfire Claims, Risk Management Magazine
• Traditional and Novel Theories of Liability and Damages in Toxic Tort Litigation, Corporate Counsel’s Guide to Environmental Law (Chapter 8)
• Use of Lone Pine Orders in Cost Effective Management of Mass Tort and Class Actions, Class Action Reporter
• Insurance Coverage for Digital Assets: Mitigating Losses in Cryptocurrency and Non-Fungible Token Markets, Journal of Emerging Issues in Litigation
• Ninth Circuit Narrowly Construes IP Exclusion Reaffirming Rules of Insurance Policy Construction, ICLC
• Setting the Correct Prism for Construing Policy Language in COVID-19 Business Interruption Cases Can Be Outcome Determinative, National Law Review
• Principles of Advertising Injury Coverage, Mealey’s Litigation Report: Insurance Bad Faith
• Litigation Risks Related to Nanoproducts, Bloomberg Law Reports, Technology Law
• Insurance Coverage Transferability in Mergers and Acquisitions: Documenting the Acquiree’s Historical Coverage May Not Be Enough, Bloomberg Finance
• Wildfire Insurance Coverage Series, Part 5: Valuation of Loss, Sublimits, and Amount of Potential Recovery, Advise & Consult
• Does Business Interruption Insurance Cover Your Company for Interruptions Due To COVID-19: Time Will Tell
• Appropriateness of Medical Monitoring Awards in Mass Tort Cases, BNA Toxics Law Reporter
• Ameron International: Expanding Insurance Recovery for Administrative Environmental Proceedings, Environmental Claims Journal
• Wildfire Claims and Coverage, Journal of Emerging Issues in Litigation, Volume 2, No.3
• Nanotechnology – The New Frontier of Mass Tort Litigation, Mealey’s Litigation Report: Toxic Torts
• Principles of Third Party Liability Insurance, California Judges Association/The Rutter Group
• Settling for Less: Has Powerine Done Away with Liability Insurers’ Duty to Settle in California?, Coverage
• COVID-19 Business Interruption Coverage: A Policyholder's Perspective, The Recorder
• A Deeper Dive into the Test Case Decision by the English High Court — An analysis of the Test Case, including potential impacts of the ruling, ongoing negotiations, and potential appeals, Coverage Law Center