She previously served as a judge on the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas from 2015 to 2023.

[3] From 1996 to 1998, Scott served as a law clerk for the Pennsylvania Bureau of Workers Compensation.

From 2010 to 2015, Scott served as the trial unit chief for the Federal Community Defender Office in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

President Biden nominated Scott to the seat vacated by Judge C. Darnell Jones II, who assumed senior status on March 15, 2021.

[7] On December 7, 2022, the United States Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 52–42 vote.