Peter G. Scott, J.D., founded Scott Law in 2015. His civil practice focuses on real property, water rights, land use, and environmental law. Scott is a member of the bar and admitted to practice before state and federal courts in Montana, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. He is a registered lobbyist and has served as litigation and regulatory counsel for development entities, local governments, utilities, manufacturers, and natural resource companies across the Pacific Northwest. Prior to law school, Scott served in the U.S. Navy as a nuclear power plant operator and diver. After receiving a B.S. in geology from UMass, he fought fires and worked as a hydrogeologist with a Bozeman engineering firm while attending graduate school at Montana State University. Scott attended law school in Oregon and clerked for the chief justice of the Oregon Supreme Court before entering private practice with the Seattle law firm of Preston Gates & Ellis. From 2007 until 2015, Scott was a partner with Gough, Shanahan, Johnson & Waterman.