Practice Areas:
International, Employment Law, Taxation, Executive Compensation, Employee Benefits, Litigation

Admitted to Practice:
Connecticut
District of Columbia
New York
Pennsylvania
Virginia

Supreme Court of the United States

United States Tax Court

Various U.S. Courts of Appeals and U.S. District Courts

Education:
New York University School of Law (LL.M. in Taxation, 1985)

Vanderbilt University School of Law (J.D., 1981)

Vanderbilt University (B.A., cum laude, 1978)

Professional Activities:
First Vice-President, United Nations Administrative Tribunal

Member of Union Internationale des Avocats' Labor and Employment Committee

National Association of Securities Dealers - Arbitrator (Public)

Languages:
French
Spanish

Ms. Scott has significant experience and expertise in adjudicating both U.S. and international commercial and employment disputes. She served as the United States' Member and First Vice President of the United Nations Administrative Tribunal (UNAT), the seven-member, independent appellate forum of last resort that adjudicated claims made by United Nations employees, worldwide. She is based in Washington, DC and also regularly adjudicates international disputes in both New York, NY and Geneva, Switzerland.

Drawing on years of experience in the securities industry, as an attorney for an international financial institution, Ms. Scott has served in the United States as an arbitrator for the securities industry, with the National Association of Securities Dealers. She has also served as a judge in the selection of award winners presented by the HR Leadership Awards of Greater Washington, in recognition of exemplary contributions of outstanding human resource executives in the Washington, DC area.

In addition to providing dispute resolution services, Ms. Scott is a co-founder of FortneyScott, where her diverse practice focuses on business, international, and workplace matters, including executive compensation and related tax and employment issues, compliance with the wage and hour requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act, federal contractors' nondiscrimination and affirmative action obligations that are enforced by the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, and immigration matters. She also counsels foreign-based clients on complying with U.S. workplace and tax laws and assists U.S. employers in expanding outside the U.S.

Formerly, Ms. Scott was in-house counsel to an international brokerage firm, advising and litigating on matters involving all aspects of employment, as well as securities and commodities compliance and various broker-dealer issues. She also practiced extensively corporate and international tax law, including project and tax-exempt bond finance and ERISA with Mudge, Rose, Guthrie, Alexander & Ferdon, in New York, NY and Chadbourne & Parke, in Washington, DC. Ms. Scott has trial and appellate litigation experience in state and federal courts.

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