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Lawyer Overview

Scott has more than twenty years experience as a litigator.  His training began at the University of Virginia School of Law, where he attended the Trial Advocacy Institute and served as Executive Director of the Post-Conviction Assistance Project, an organization that litigated civil rights cases, including cases heard in the U.S. Supreme Court.  During Scott's tenure, the U.S. Supreme Court referred to the Post-Conviction Assistance Project as "a respected friend of the Court."  Smith v. Murray , 477 U.S. 527, 540 (1986).  Following law school, Scott was a litigator with prominent firms in Baltimore, Maryland and Washington, D.C. , handling predominantly commercial litigation and professional negligence defense matters.  Following his relocation to Colorado in 1994, Scott opened his own practice, emphasizing personal injury, civil litigation, employment law, malpractice litigation, and business and commercial law. Scott was active in the First Judicial District Bar Association, serving as a trustee and committee chairperson.  Since 2001, he has held the highest attorney peer review rating in the Martindale-Hubbell Directory.  He joined Miller & Steiert in 2007, where his practice emphasizes employment, civil litigation and personal injury cases.

Areas of Practice

• Employment Law 35%
• Personal Injury 15%
• Professional Negligence / Malpractice 15%
• General Litigation 25%
• Business 10%

Representative Cases

• Arrowsmith v. Mercantile Safe Deposit & Trust Co., 313 Md. 334, 545 A.2d 674 (1988)
• Vester v. Rogers, 795 F.2d 1179 (4th Circuit 1986)

West Practice Categories

Administrative Law, Administrative Hearings & Adjudication, Business & Commercial Law, Contracts, Franchising, Transactions, Civil Rights, Age Discrimination, Disability & Illness Discrimination, National Origin Discrimination, Race Discrimination, Religious Discrimination, Sex Discrimination, Sexual Harassment, Collections, Constitutional Law, Discrimination, Construction Law, Housing & Construction Defects, Employment Law -- Employee, Americans with Disabilities Act -- Employee, Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) -- Employee, Employee Rights -- Employee, Employment Contracts -- Employee, Employment Discrimination -- Employee, Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) -- Employee, Federal Employer's Liability Act (FELA) -- Employee, Municipal Employment -- Employee, Pensions, Benefits & Compensations -- Employee, Sexual Harassment -- Employee, Wage & Hour Laws -- Employee, Wrongful Termination -- Employee, Employment Law -- Employer, Affirmative Action -- Employer, Americans with Disabilities Act -- Employer, Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) -- Employer, Employee Rights -- Employer, Employment Contracts -- Employer, Employment Discrimination -- Employer, Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) -- Employer, Federal Employer's Liability Act (FELA) -- Employer, Occupational Safety & Health Act (OSHA) -- Employer, Pensions, Benefits & Compensations -- Employer, Sexual Harassment -- Employer, Wage & Hour Laws -- Employer, Wrongful Termination -- Employer, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Ethics, Professional Responsibility, Insurance Law, Commercial Insurance, Directors' & Officers' Liability Insurance, Errors & Omissions Insurance, Insurance Malpractice, Insurance Subrogation, Life & Health, Motor Vehicle, Property & Casualty, Litigation & Appeals, Bankruptcy Litigation, Complex Litigation, Federal Appellate Practice, Federal Trial Practice, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Personal Injury -- Plaintiff, Animal Bites -- Plaintiff, Assault & Battery -- Plaintiff, Aviation Accidents -- Plaintiff, Defamation & Privacy -- Plaintiff, Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff, Premises Liability -- Plaintiff, Property Damage -- Plaintiff, Railroad Accidents -- Plaintiff, Slip and Fall -- Plaintiff, Wrongful Death -- Plaintiff, Products Liability Law, Alcoholic Beverages, Medical Products & Devices, Motor Vehicle Defects, Professional Malpractice Law, Dental Malpractice, Legal Malpractice, Medical Malpractice, Other Professionals Malpractice, Securities Law, Securities Fraud & Insider Trading, Toxic Torts, Asbestos, Chemicals & Cosmetics, Class Actions, Hazardous Waste, Pesticides, Pharmaceutical Products, Radiation & Electromagnetic Energy, Tobacco, Toxic Mold

Bar Admissions

• Maryland, 1986
• Colorado, 1993
• District of Columbia, 1994
• U.S. District Court District of Colorado, 1994

Professional Associations and Memberships

• First Judicial District Bar Association, 2008 - Present (Board of Trustees)
• Colorado Bar Association, 1994 - Present (Member)
• First Judicial District Bar Association, 1994 - Present (Member)
• First Judicial District Bar Association, 1996 - 2002 (Committee Chair)
• First Judicial District Bar Association, 1998 - 2000 (Board of Trustees)

Classes and Seminars

• Employment Law Update, First Judicial District Bar Association, 2008
• Handling Personal Injury Cases, First Judicial District Bar Association, 1999
• Torts, Denver Paralegal Institute, 1997 - 1998
• Abe Lincoln Did It - What You Should Know Before Hanging Our Your Shingle, First Judicial District Bar Association, 1995

Pro Bono Activities

• Attorney Coach, Arvada High School Mock Trial Team, 1997 - 1998
• Judge, First Judicial District Mock Trial Competition, 1995 - Present
• Metro Volunteer Lawyers, 1995 - 1999

Past Employment Positions

• The Kleger Law Firm, P.C., President, 1994 - 2006
• Thompson Coburn, LLP, Staff Attorney, 1993 - 1994
• Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis, Associate Attorney, 1989 - 1993
• Eccleston & Wolf, Associate Attorney, 1986 - 1989

Education

• University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1986
  J.D.
  Honors: Executive Director, Post-Conviction Assistance Project
• University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, 1982
  B.S.
  Honors: cum laude
  Honors: Phi Kappa Phi
  Honors: Phi Sigma
  Major: Zoology

Ancillary Businesses

• Expert Witness

Published Works

• The Practitioner's Guide to Colorado Employment Law (Co-Author), CLE, Colo., Inc., 2008

Address

1901 West Littleton Boulevard
Suite 100
Littleton, CO 80120-2087

Phones

(866) 913-9713
(303) 731-6316

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(303) 798-2526

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