Energy & Environmental Law & Policy
Overview
Glencoe Strategies LLC is a law firm with expertise in energy and environmental issues. Glencoe represents clients in federal and state regulatory matters, advocates before Congress and state legislatures, and develops and executes policy and political strategies. The firm also engages with foreign governments and multilateral organizations and advises on global regulatory trends.
Glencoe seeks to help clients meet commercial objectives by overcoming regulatory hurdles, managing compliance risks, cultivating support across the political spectrum, and shaping the policy landscape to create new opportunities for growth.
Founder & President
Scott founded Glencoe to focus his legal work on energy and environmental issues. Scott previously co-founded and was a partner at S2C Pacific, an energy and environmental consulting firm. He also practiced environmental, administrative, and international law with Hunton Andrews Kurth in Washington, DC, served as the Director of Global Environmental Initiatives for Sierra Nevada Corporation, and worked as a policy analyst for the Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development (IGSD).
Scott played a leading role for the Air Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) and others in the passage of The American Innovation and Manufacturing Act of 2020 and the historic U.S. Senate vote in favor of ratifying the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol.
Scott also represented pro bono the Merrill’s Marauders Association in the passage of The Merrill’s Marauders Congressional Gold Medal Act, honoring a U.S. Army unit for its valor and sacrifice while fighting on the Asian mainland during World War II.
Scott received the U.S. EPA Climate Protection Award and the U.S. EPA Stratospheric Ozone Protection Award for his contributions to a 2007 agreement on HCFC control measures under the Montreal Protocol. Scott also has received the Burton Award for Distinguished Legal Writing.
Scott is the Chair of the Board of Trustees of the National Park Trust and serves on the Board of Advisors to the Carbon Containment Lab at the Yale School of Environment and the Global CO2 Initiative at the University of Michigan. He also is the founder of Lookfar, a nonprofit organization that advises philanthropic foundations and helps small, local conservation groups around the world.
Scott has formerly served on the Technical Advisory Board of the Enhanced Oil Recovery Institute at the University of Wyoming's School of Energy Resources. He is admitted to practice law in Illnois and the District of Columbia.
Scott is a graduate of Northwestern University and Washington University School of Law. He lives in the Chicago area with his wife and children.