Scott is a partner in the firm's Taxation & Wealth Planning Department. He represents individuals and fiduciaries throughout a full range of estate, tax planning, administration and business issues with a focus on lowering their overall taxes while achieving family objectives.

Scott advises clients on legal strategies for generational wealth transfer using sophisticated planning techniques, family investment vehicles and other innovative approaches that draw on his extensive background in real estate, corporate and tax matters.

He has advised multiple clients with significant real estate holdings and privately held investments on how to structure and organize their assets to protect, preserve and maximize their value, while mitigating tax exposure.

Scott also represents clients in contested estate and fiduciary matters involving accountings and other will and trust proceedings, advising beneficiaries and other parties on avenues that are available to protect their rights.

Estate and Tax Planning
Scott advises clients on a full range of planning vehicles, from wills, trusts and insurance plans to family limited partnerships, intentionally defective grantor trusts (IDGT), grantor retained annuity trusts (GRAT), residence trusts, charitable split interest trusts, asset protection plans, generation-skipping plans, dynasty trusts and prenuptial agreements.

Charitable Planning
For clients whose legacy factors significantly into their tax and estate planning goals, Scott coordinates the creation of private charitable foundations, supporting foundations, charitable remainder trusts, charitable lead trusts and helps with negotiating contributions to charitable institutions.

Complex Estate Administration
Scott counsels clients with particularly complicated estates on probate, asset valuations, disclaimers, income tax planning, accounting records maintenance, estate tax returns, post-mortem planning, beneficiary distributions, settlement of estates on a formal or informal basis and represents executors in estate tax audits with the Internal Revenue Service.