Scott has spent most of his professional career wroking for trial attorneys and their clients. He was Executive Director of the Iowa Trial Lawyers Association (now named the Iowa Association for Justice) from 1988 through 2006. During that time, he served on the Executive Committee of National Association of Trial Lawyer Executives (NATLE) for several years and was elected by his peers to the office of NATLE President (1999-2000).
Scott also served on the Executive Committee of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America (now named the American Association for Justice) in 2002 through 2004. In recognition of his service to the trial lawyer community, he was presented with the Outstanding Service Award by the Iowa Trial Lawyers Association in 2006, and received the Wiedemann-Wysocki Citation of Excellence from the Association of Trial Lawyers of America in 2001, 2003 and 2004.
Scott joined Summit in 2014, “After working in the financial area from 2006 to 2014, I had the opportunity to join Summit Structured Settlements where the legal and financial worlds come together. At Summit I have been excited to be able to reintroduce myself to the trial lawyer community, and proud once again to be working on behalf of plaintiff and workers’ compensation attorneys in the process of helping to secure the financial future of their clients.”
Scott is himself an attorney. He has both a BBA in economics and a JD from the University of Iowa. Scott lives in West Des Moines, Iowa with his wife Mitzi and three daughters.
If you have clients that aren’t prepared to manage their settlement dollars, but find that structuring a settlement is a mountain that you are not ready to climb on your own, call Scott to be your guide to the Summit of structured settlements. You can contact Scott by calling 515-987-6888 or by emailing him at scott@summitsettlements.com.
