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Scott's practice focuses on corporate transactions, with an emphasis on intellectual property, technology contracting, licensing law, Internet and electronic commerce, and business strategy and advising. Additional areas of practice include intellectual property litigation and appeals, information technology, and outsourcing.
Scott's background and expertise are unique because he has worked for many years as an executive within corporations. He has served as CEO and President, COO, General Counsel, Director and General Manager during his career. These positions have given Scott a unique understanding of the pressures under which his corporate clients operate. As a result, his practice and client base has grown not around particular areas as much as around particular clients who want a counselor with firsthand and long-term business experience. Scott's clients want a lawyer to help run their businesses and transactions, not just paper them.
Scott has also worked with venture capital firms and technology companies as an advisor. He has helped build and manage a diverse range of technology companies, including B2B Internet portals and distance-learning companies.
Additionally, Scott was Vice President of Westcott Communications (Nasdaq:WCTV), a significant provider of workplace training and education using various technologies, and was Founder and General Manager of the Executive Education Network (EXEN). EXEN’s interactive multimedia network provided courseware directly to electronic classrooms installed in corporations worldwide. Under Scott’s guidance, EXEN attracted 70 Fortune 500 corporate clients in its first eight months of operation. Representative clients included Johnson & Johnson, Texas Instruments, Glaxo Wellcome, EDS and Motorola. Business Week, CNBC, the Financial Times, the Associated Press, Texas Business and a Harvard University case study chronicled the development of EXEN and Scott's leadership. Scott also helped facilitate the sale of Westcott to K-III Communications / Primedia / Kohlberg Kravis Roberts.
REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE
Representative clients include American Airlines, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), Metreos, Metallect, Blue Lion Capital, Genvitec, Nextwave Telecommunications and Perot Systems.
Representation of American Airlines, Inc. (NYSE:AMR) in technology-related transactions with Orbitz, Microsoft, Graybar, Exodus, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Expedia.com, Nortel, Symantec, Sprint and Oracle
Representation of American Airlines in transactions to acquire and support the hardware, software, technical services and online operations that form American’s business infrastructure, including Web hosting agreements, software license agreements and technology consulting agreements for the AA.com site and for American’s worldwide operations
Representation of Wal-Mart, Sam’s Club and Wal-Mart.com (NYSE:WMT) in a broad range of technology and e-commerce matters, including technology transactions, Web site development, trademark and domain name disputes, and e-commerce business advising
Successful representation (at both trial and at Fifth Circuit) of the NCAA and the Illinois High School Association in trademark and domain name dispute regarding March Madness and the NCAA basketball tournament
Representation of American Airlines in multimillion dollar, multi-year telecommunications transactions with Société Internationale de Télécommunications Aéronautiques
Representation of Haggar (Nasdaq:HGGR) and Haggar.com in establishing electronic commerce capabilities and online exchanges
Representation of American Airlines in major technology initiatives with Hewlett-Packard and IBM involving a master agreement establishing a hardware and software alliance between the companies
Representation of Nextwave Telecommunications in corporate and intellectual property matters
Representation of Dallas-based Home Interiors and Gifts in its Web-based and electronic commerce activities
Representation of Dogleg Right Corp., a manufacturer of new-generation golf clubs, in intellectual property licensing transactions with companies such as Nike
Representation of Metallect, a high-growth enterprise software provider, in its corporate, finance and intellectual property matters
Representation of Poly-America in transactional and intellectual property matters
Representation of Perot Systems (NYSE:PER) in outsourcing and related business transactions
Representation of Metreos, a leading provider of Voice Over IP integration (VoIP) and solutions, in intellectual property and licensing matters
Representation of Colonial Press in corporate publishing and intellectual property matters
Representation of Electrolux in multinational negotiations and outsourcing, licensing and franchising agreements, and the establishment of Aerus as a new brand
ARTICLES / PUBLICATIONS
"Managing Confidential Relationships in Intellectual Property Transactions: Use Restrictions, Residual Knowledge Clauses, and Trade Secrets" The Review of Litigation, University of Texas School of Law (May 01, 2006)
"Attempting to Transfer Venue Based on Local Religious Bias," The Trial Lawyers Guide, Vol. 36, No. 2 (1992)
"Advising Clients on the Distinction of Documents Prepared and Used to Formulate Discovery Responses: Perils and Pitfalls," The Review of Litigation, University of Texas School of Law (Winter 1991)
Scott has published numerous articles on legal, technology, and educational issues, and has served as a contributor on educational projects including the Houghton Mifflin English Grammar and Composition textbook.
BRIEFINGS, SEMINARS & SPEECHES
Scott has been asked to testify on education and technology issues before the US Congress.
PROFESSIONAL / CIVIC AFFILIATIONS
Member
Dallas Bar Association
Board of Advisors, The Review of Litigation, The University of Texas School of Law
Board of Directors, The Gladney Center for Adoption/The Gladney Center Fund
Listed
Texas Super Lawyer in Intellectual Property, Texas Monthly (September 2006)
Named one of America's Best Lawyers, Forbes Business, 2005
Named a Texas Super Lawyer by Texas Monthly Magazine, 2005 and 2006 |
