David C. Scott
Associate
David C. Scott litigates in a variety of areas at the trial and appellate levels in state and federal courts across the country. He represents clients ranging in size from multinational corporations to individuals.
His experience includes commercial litigation, class actions, appeals, and alternate dispute resolution, on both the plaintiff and defendant sides, and has involved:
- Business torts
- Contract disputes
- Energy
- Fiduciary duties
- Futures and options trading
- Insurance
- Patents
- Shareholder derivative actions
- Telecommunications
- Trade secrets
Experience
Mr. Scott's recent representations include:
- A total defense victory on cross-motions for summary judgment in a substantial liability insurance dispute after taking over the case near the close of discovery less than a year earlier. Apartment Inv. and Management Co. (AIMCO) v. Nutmeg Ins. Co., 2008 WL 901547 (D. Colo. Mar. 31, 2008).
- Winning the appeal of a dispute between former business partners over the proper interpretation of an arbitration agreement. Dockser v. Schwartzberg, 433 F.3d 421 (4th Cir. 2006).
- Persuading an Illinois state court to dismiss a shareholder derivative action against the officers and directors of a major medical supplies company.
- Obtaining a favorable arbitration award for a leading manufacturer of writing instruments in a proceeding before the American Arbitration Association (AAA).
- Securing summary judgment in two related liability insurance disputes in federal court in Alabama, and winning the appeals in both cases. Home Ins. Co. v. Hartford Fire Ins. Co., 164 Fed. Appx. 950, 2006 WL 231646 (11th Cir. 2006); Twin City Fire Ins. Co. v. Colonial Life & Acc. Ins. Co., 375 F.3d 1097 (11th Cir. 2004).
- Securing summary judgment for a national insurance carrier in California state court.
Publications
"Presidential Power to 'Un-Sign' Treaties," 69 University of Chicago Law Review 1447 (2002)
Pro Bono Activities
Mr. Scott also participates in multiple pro bono matters, including the representation of a death row inmate in Alabama and several plaintiffs in an establishment clause lawsuit in the Seventh Circuit.
Education
University of Chicago Law School
(J.D.,
2003)
Articles Editor, The University of Chicago Law Review
Miami University
(B.A., Economics, cum laude, University and Department Honors,
1999)
Professional Memberships
American Bar Association
Section of Litigation
Illinois State Bar Association
