[1][2] After working with a private practice, in 1964 Scott became the first corporation counsel to Kenosha County, Wisconsin.

In 1988 he served as chair of the National Council of Chief Judges of the Courts of Appeals of the United States.

He retired in 1991 and became an associate dean of the National Judicial College in Reno, Nevada.

[1] His and his wife's passion for education led them to play an important role in the 1960s campaign to establish a University of Wisconsin branch in the Kenosha area—University of Wisconsin–Parkside.

And they also campaigned for the 1978 referendum to fund construction of a new Mary D. Bradford High School building.