Preston & Scott, LLC, Attorneys at Law

Preston & Scott, LLC is a boutique law firm specializing in real estate, HUD loan closings, estate planning, and complex civil litigation. With over 40 years of experience, the attorneys of Preston & Scott have a reputation for being thoroughly prepared, providing outstanding advocacy for their clients, and achieving remarkable results. Preston & Scott also provides corporate transactional services.

The attorneys of Preston & Scott are well known for their expertise as trial lawyers. The firm has extensive experience litigating business and commercial lawsuits, employment and labor lawsuits, corporate and partnership disputes, breach of contract, business torts, fraud, breach of fiduciary duties, antitrust, securities, copyright and trademark infringement, constitutional law, civil rights, and professional liability.

The attorneys of Preston & Scott have successfully handled hundreds of employment lawsuits. A primary focus of the firm is its defense of municipalities and other governmental and public entities in employment, civil rights and constitutional law cases.

Preston & Scott also has considerable experience in counseling businesses and handling their transactional work, including, choice of entity, ongoing corporate governance, corporate mergers and acquisitions, dissolutions, and the sale of corporate assets, as well as assisting corporate and individual clients in their estate and tax planning.

Business Litigation

Business Litigation is a primary specialty of Preston & Scott, whose attorneys devote a substantial portion of their practice to litigating business and complex commercial lawsuits, including breach of contract, antitrust, intellectual property, copyright and trademark infringement, disputes in closely held corporations, business torts, fraud claims, partnership disputes, breach of fiduciary duties, and professional liability.

Employment Litigation

The attorneys at Preston & Scott have extensive experience in handling the full spectrum of employment and labor litigation, where they represent employers in Title VII, sexual harassment, ADA, ADEA, FLSA, FMLA, wrongful discharge, defamation, whistle blower, COBRA, protection of confidential information, and non-compete lawsuits.

Corporate Transactional Work

Mr. Scott regularly counsels businesses on all facets of the law, including choice of entity, asset and stock purchases and sales, corporate formalities, and mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Scott also serves as general counsel for Bricker & Associates, Inc., a medical services organization that provides blood and transfusion services to hospitals and clinics across the Intermountain West.

Representation of Governmental Entities

Preston &. Scott regularly represents municipalities and other governmental entities in employment cases, civil rights claims, constitutional law issues, due process, equal protection and free speech lawsuits. Mr. Preston also serves as counsel to the Salt Lake City Civil Service Commission.

Estate and Tax Planning