Areas of Practice

• Estate Planning
• Estate, Probate, & Trust Administration
• Fiduciary Litigation

Education
Notre Dame Law School in 1991 

• Magna cum Laude
• Notre Dame Law Review
• Co-Director of the Domestic Violence Division of the Notre Dame Legal Aid Clinic

Undergraduate B.A. from the University of Minnesota in 1988.
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Bar Admissions
Missouri - 1991
Kansas - 1992

Experience
Scott represents clients in the preparation and administration of Wills, Revocable Trusts, Irrevocable Trusts, Business Entities, Durable Powers of Attorney, Living Wills and Charitable Organizations.  The majority of his practice is focused on high net worth individuals and families with an emphasis on planning to minimize gift, estate and generation-skipping transfer taxes. Scott also represents individual and corporate trustees in litigation involving estates and trusts.  He is a frequent author and lecturer on estate planning topics at seminars sponsored by ACTEC, The Missouri Bar, the University of Missouri-Columbia and the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association.

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Distinctions

• Best Lawyers in America (2005-present)
• Super Lawyer (2005-present)
• Top 100 Missouri and Kansas Lawyer 2018
• Recognized as Leading Practitioner of Private Wealth Chambers and Partners High Net Worth Guide (2017-2018)
• Martindale-Hubbell® “AV” Rating

Affiliations

• ACTEC
• KS State Chair of ACTEC (2017-present)
• Chairman of the Probate and Trust Law Committee (2007-2010)
• Vice Chair OF THE Probate and Trust Law Committee of the Missouri Bar (2011-present)