Scott Mills

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Scott Mills, Associate at Troutman Pepper Locke

Scott makes complex litigation manageable by identifying the issues that matter and executing the strategy to win high-stakes disputes. His matters often involve technical science, layered regulatory schemes, parallel proceedings, and coordination among numerous parties. He navigates these complexities with a singular focus on delivering results that achieve his clients’ priorities.

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Scott represents clients in high-stakes litigation, with an emphasis on environmental claims, mass torts, and complex commercial disputes. His experience spans antitrust and commercial litigation, environmental permit and administrative law challenges, and claims involving PFAS and other emerging contaminants. He combines sharp legal analysis with strategic judgment and experience managing large, multiparty disputes. Scott takes a pragmatic, business-minded approach to achieving positive outcomes when his clients face significant financial, operational, and reputational exposure.

  • Representing a municipal utility operating a 10,000-acre land application system in claims arising out of alleged PFAS contamination, including in affirmative claims under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) and defense against claims under the Clean Water Act, nuisance, trespass, negligence, and state environmental statutes.
  • Defending a manufacturer of consumer products in litigation arising out of alleged PFAS contamination.
  • Defending a poultry company in an antitrust action asserting claims under Section 1 and Section 2 of the Sherman Act.
  • Representing a heavy-duty truck manufacturer in litigation involving the interplay of environmental and antitrust laws.
  • Representing a manufacturing company in litigation under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).
  • Successfully defended the Georgia Department of Economic Development in multiple litigations and administrative proceedings challenging a large electric vehicle manufacturing plant including administrative law challenges, state law tort claims, and Clean Water Act claims.
  • Defended a lumber producer in administrative proceedings challenging issuance of a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit.
Overview

Scott represents clients in high-stakes litigation, with an emphasis on environmental claims, mass torts, and complex commercial disputes. His experience spans antitrust and commercial litigation, environmental permit and administrative law challenges, and claims involving PFAS and other emerging contaminants. He combines sharp legal analysis with strategic judgment and experience managing large, multiparty disputes. Scott takes a pragmatic, business-minded approach to achieving positive outcomes when his clients face significant financial, operational, and reputational exposure.

Representative Matters
  • Representing a municipal utility operating a 10,000-acre land application system in claims arising out of alleged PFAS contamination, including in affirmative claims under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) and defense against claims under the Clean Water Act, nuisance, trespass, negligence, and state environmental statutes.
  • Defending a manufacturer of consumer products in litigation arising out of alleged PFAS contamination.
  • Defending a poultry company in an antitrust action asserting claims under Section 1 and Section 2 of the Sherman Act.
  • Representing a heavy-duty truck manufacturer in litigation involving the interplay of environmental and antitrust laws.
  • Representing a manufacturing company in litigation under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).
  • Successfully defended the Georgia Department of Economic Development in multiple litigations and administrative proceedings challenging a large electric vehicle manufacturing plant including administrative law challenges, state law tort claims, and Clean Water Act claims.
  • Defended a lumber producer in administrative proceedings challenging issuance of a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit.
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Education

  • University of Southern California Gould School of Law, J.D., 2016
  • Elon University, B.A., 2013

Bar Admissions

  • California
  • Georgia

Court Admissions

  • U.S. District Court, Central District of California
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
  • Supreme Court of Georgia
  • Court of Appeals of Georgia

Clerkships

  • Hon. Manuel L. Real, U.S. District Court, Central District of California, 2016-2017

Languages

  • Spanish