Michael T. Scott is an attorney at Allison & Mosby-Scott where he heads the firms Business Law practice and serves as President of Allison & Mosby-Scott Risk Management, the firms risk management consulting practice. Michael's practice includes business and commercial litigation; business organization and transactions; mergers and acquisitions; health care; crop insurance; and captive insurance. Michael leverages his 30+ years of legal experience and his unique skills as a strategic thinker to help clients solve complex legal issues and to achieve their strategic goals. Prior to joining the firm, Michael has previously served as VP & Associate General Counsel at Farmer's Business Network; Vice President, Insurance & Risk Management at ADM; President & General Counsel of Agrinational Insurance Company; and as a corporate attorney for State Farm Insurance Companies. Michael holds the CPA, CRM, CPCU, CLU, ChFC, FLMI, ARM, ARC, AIC, AMIM, ARe, AIAF, AU, and CGMA designations.

Ms. Scott is a co-founder of FortneyScott, where her diverse practice focuses on business, international, and workplace matters. She counsels U.S. and foreign-based clients on complying with U.S. workplace and tax laws and assists U.S. employers in expanding outside the U.S. She regularly advises clients, many of which are federal government contractors, on workplace investigations; government procurement and related employment issues; prevailing wages under the Service Contract and Davis Bacon Acts and related matters; worker classification issues; and compliance with the wage and hour requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act and related state laws. Ms. Scott is a frequent lecturer on issues of international labor and employment law, including expatriate and secondment agreements, overtime, minimum wage, data privacy, worker classification status, international tax, and human rights. She holds key leadership positions in international professional organizations, including, having served as President of the Union Internationale des Avocats (International Association of Lawyers or UIA) from 2023-2024 and now serving as the UIA’s Immediate Past President. UIA is an international association of lawyers committed to the protection of human rights, including worker’s rights and the defense of their universal nature, including, specifically, the defense of lawyers’ human rights in protecting the human rights of others. Ms. Scott formerly served as Director General of the UIA’s Institute for the Rule of Law (UIA-IROL) and has also served as a member of the ITC Pro-Bono Committee on International Model Contracts for Exporting SME’s. Ms. Scott has significant experience and expertise in adjudicating both U.S. and international commercial and employment disputes. She served for many years as the United States’ Member and First Vice President of the United Nations Administrative Tribunal, the seven-member, independent appellate forum of last resort that adjudicated claims made by United Nations employees worldwide. Drawing on years of experience in the securities industry as an attorney for an international financial institution, Ms. Scott has served in the United States as an arbitrator for the securities industry with the National Association of Securities Dealers. Ms. Scott’s workplace investigations practice includes conducting workplace investigations for employers in the private, not-for-profit, and public sectors. She has investigated sensitive matters involving fraud and mismanagement; harassment and discrimination; and matters arising under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Ms. Scott’s wage and hour practice includes advising and representing clients, including not-for-profit organizations, on matters involving federal and state prevailing wage issues; and the FLSA, including minimum wage and overtime obligations and exemptions, classification of positions as exempt or non-exempt, overtime requirements for non-exempt employees and compensation strategies and policies for exempt employees. She also advises clients on matters involving the classification of workers as employees or independent contractors. ?Formerly, Ms. Scott was in-house counsel to Merrill Lynch, an international brokerage firm, advising and litigating on matters involving securities and commodities compliance, various broker-dealer issues, and related employment matters. She also has extensive experience in the practice of corporate and international tax law, including project and tax-exempt bond finance, as well as ERISA, with Mudge, Rose, Guthrie, Alexander & Ferdon, in New York, NY and Chadbourne & Parke, in Washington, D.C. Ms. Scott has trial and appellate litigation experience in state and federal courts. She formerly served as the General Counsel to the Junior League of Philadelphia.

Mr. Seal is familiar with the attitudes and culture of the Southern California area. After working through college, Mr. Seal interned for the United States Department of Justice. During this time, he took the LSAT, scoring in the upper 5% of all takers. After researching law school, he matriculated at Western State University College of Law, where he received many awards including the Directors’ Scholarship, First Place in the Warren Ferguson Honors Moot Court Competition, and two prestigious American Jurisprudence Awards. From there, Mr. Seal passed the bar on his first attempt in 1995, and thereafter began his legal career. Mr. Seal prides himself on giving a level of service that is above and beyond that which one would receive from a large law firm. Mr. Seal enjoys being a part of the justice system, and working within it to right the errors and indiscretions that inevitably are a part of modern-day life and commerce. Mr. Seal looks for meritorious cases that are in need of effective, responsible representation, good judgment, and a thoughtful approach to client relationships, as opposed to the indifferent, fee-focused approach that one likely receives at larger law firms. Mr. Seal prides himself on an overriding sense of loyalty to his clients and their causes.