Jennifer D. Scott

Jennifer has vast experience representing clients throughout North Carolina at all stages of development, building and marketing from entity selection, contract negotiation, acquisition, due diligence, complex financing, land use planning, to permitting and advocacy with agencies and municipalities. Jennifer was recently named to the Real Estate Power List recognizing the 25 most respected and accomplished real property attorneys in North Carolina. Born and raised in Chapel Hill, Jennifer earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (’93) and earned her Juris Doctor degree from the UNC School of Law (’96). She started her career in the general practice of law and practiced in Chatham County for 14 years, devoting much of her time in service to the surrounding community. Jennifer then served two years as in-house counsel at First Bank, the state’s 4th largest banking institution and is a graduate of the American Bankers Association Stonier Graduate School of Banking and the Executive Leadership Program at the Wharton School of Business in Philadelphia, PA. Jennifer is recognized as a Real Property Law Specialist by the North Carolina State Bar having both the Residential Transactions and the Business, Commercial, and Industrial Transactions specialty designations. She is one of only 27 lawyers state-wide to achieve this distinction. Jennifer is also a licensed North Carolina Real Estate Broker. In 2013 Jennifer was named to North Carolina Lawyers Weekly’s list of Leaders in the Law and in 2014 she was selected as a Woman of Justice. Jennifer has served the State of NC as a Speaker of the House appointee to the NC Parks and Recreation Trust Fund Authority and is currently serving a second term as the Governor’s appointee to the North Carolina State Banking Commission.