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About Scott Mullins

Scott helps clients through difficult situations. Frequently, the issue may involve securities violations, investment fraud, business or partnership disputes, or white-collar criminal investigations. He also routinely advises clients in complex industries such as securities, healthcare, and clients in internal investigations. 

Scott has tried cases to both juries and judges, and he has argued successful motions in both state and federal courts. He has represented clients in civil matters involving securities fraud, bad investment advice, shareholder and partnership disputes, breach of contract, insurance disputes, business torts, and breach of fiduciary duty claims. He also routinely represents clients in federal criminal and regulatory investigations related to financial offenses before the SEC, FINRA and the Division of Financial Regulation.

Scott previously was a partner at McGaughey Erickson, a boutique securities and business litigation firm in Portland, and before that was senior counsel at a commercial litigation firm. He has also prosecuted financial criminal cases for the State of New Mexico and as a Special Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Oregon.

He spent nearly five years as an associate at Hilder & Associates P.C., a nationally known white-collar criminal defense firm in Houston, Texas and co-counseled on some of the largest, complex cases in the country.  Scott is a former Regional Co-Chair of the ABA White Collar Crime Section. Scott is currently a member of the Criminal Justice Act Panel for the District of Oregon.