Scott's practice included assisting a wide array of businesses with mergers, acquisitions and dispositions, corporate governance, strategic planning, restructurings, joint ventures, commercial contracts, licensing agreements, private placements of securities, real estate transactions and other business needs. As Elkhart County, Indiana, is among the most entrepreneurial areas in the nation, with an active M&A environment that attracts foreign investment, many of Scott’s clients included entrepreneurs, emerging and fast-growth companies, as well as the foreign and domestic investors who fund them.

In addition, Scott represented various foreign companies in connection with their acquisitions and divestiture strategies and other business-related legal requirements throughout the United States, including companies based in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Sweden and Switzerland. Scott also provided legal advice to financial institutions on commercial and real estate transactions, and assisted healthcare entities with governance, transactional and other legal matters.

Scott served as the managing partner of Barnes & Thornburg's Elkhart, Indiana, office and served as a member of the firm's Management Committee.