Shawn M. Scott
Top rated Estate Planning & Probate attorney in Indianapolis, Indiana
Scott Legal Group
Practice Areas: Estate Planning & Probate, Closely Held Business, Business & Corporate; view more
Licensed in Indiana since: 2004
Education: The John Marshall Law School
Selected to Super Lawyers: 2020 - 2025 
Selected to Rising Stars: 2010, 2017 - 2018 Call today:
317-973-0870
Scott Legal Group
8555 River RdSuite 210
Indianapolis, IN 46240 Visit website
Details
Shawn M. Scott is a knowledgeable and adept attorney, helping clients with a wide variety of legal matters including estate planning, probate and trust administration, and small business formation and counsel. She is the founding attorney of Scott Legal Group LLC in Indianapolis, Indiana.
After graduating in 2000 with her Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Hanover College, Shawn attended the John Marshall Law School in Chicago, Illinois (now University of Illinois, Chicago). She received both her Juris Doctor and her LL.M., Intellectual Property in 2004 and became licensed to practice in Illinois and Indiana. Shawn became a board-certified trust and estate lawyer as certified by the Trust & Estate Specialty Board of the Indiana State Bar Association in 2017. She became a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel in 2022.
Shawn is a tour de force in her legal community, looking to maintain and improve standards within her industry according to her stringent high bar. She has served a wide variety of important roles in many legal organizations, including serving as Chair of the Probate, Trust and Real Property Section of the Indiana State Bar Association, President of the Estate Planning Council of Indianapolis, Board Member of the Indianapolis Bar Foundation and Board Member of the Estate Planning and Administration Section of the Indianapolis Bar Association. Shawn is also an advocate for cancer patients and currently serves as a Board Member of the Inflammatory Breast Cancer Research Foundation and is a Senior Research Advisor for the Indiana University Simon Cancer Center.
Practice areas
Estate Planning & Probate, Closely Held Business, Business/CorporateFocus areas
Business Formation and Planning, Contracts, Limited Liability Companies, Power of Attorney, Probate & Estate Administration, Trusts, Wills
- 70% Estate Planning & Probate
- 20% Closely Held Business
- 10% Business/Corporate
First Admitted: 2004, Indiana
Professional Webpage: https://scottlegalgrp.com/person/shawn-scott/
- Estate Planning Council - President (2020-2021)
- Indianapolis Bar Foundation, 2021
- Indianapolis Bar Association, Estate Planning and Administration Section
- Indiana State Bar Association, 2005 – Present, Member
- Indiana, 2005
- Estate Planning Council, Treasurer 2018-2019
- Illinois, 2004
- Estate Planning Council of Indianapolis Board Member at Large, 2016-2018
- Estate Planning Council, 2013-Present
- Indiana Bar Association Secretary/Treasurer, Probate, Trust & Real Property Section (2017-18) Vice-Chair of the Probate, Trust and Real Property Section (2018-19), Chair-Elect, Probate, Trust and Real Property Section (2019-2020), Chair, Probate, Trust and Real Property Section (2020-2021)
- Indianapolis Bar Association, Member, 2005 - Present
- Chicago Bar Association, 2001
- Illinois Bar Association, Member, 2001 - Present
- Illinois Bar
- Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel , 2022
- Board Certified Indiana Trust & Estate Lawyer from the Trust & Estate Specialty Board (TESB), 2017
- The Children's Museum Annual Fund Council, 2006
- Inflammatory Breast Cancer Research Foundation , 2024
- Humane Society of Indianapolis Legal Ambassadors, 2014
- The Children's Museum Planned Giving Council, Member, 2014
- Super Lawyers, 2020 - 2021
- Super Lawyers designation in the field of Estate Planning and Probate., Indiana Super Lawyer, Thompson Reuters, 2019
- Member, Indianapolis Bar Association Bar Leader Series Class XI, 2013
- Super Lawyers Rising Star (2010, 2017-2018)
- Hanover College, Hanover, Indiana, B.A. in Political Science
- John Marshall Law School, Chicago, Illinois, J.D.; LL.M., Intellectual Property, 2004
- Speaker at the 7th annual Reality CLE at ICLEF on October 31, 2019, speaker, Estate Planning Basics, ICLEF, 2019
- Shawn was a speaker at the ICLEF 8th Annual Realty CLE Program in October 2020., Speaker, Estate Planning and the SECURE Act, ICLF, 2020
- Speaker at 120 Hot Tips at ICLEF, Speaker, 5 Tips on Drafting Lifetime Trusts for Children, ICLEF, 2019
- Speaker, Retirement and Estate Planning, Purdue Cooperative Extension, 2007
- “Joint Mutual Wills” and “Intestate Statutes,” Basic Will Drafting, ICLEF, 2011
- Speaker, "Addressing Complex Legal Issues You Will Deal With," Probate: Beyond the Basics, National Business Institute, 2007
- Speaker, "Ethical Considerations" and "State Inheritance Tax," Gift and Inheritance Tax: Procedure and Strategy, National Business Institute, 2008
- Speaker, Estate Workshop, Purdue Cooperative Extension, 2008
- Speaker, "Understanding the Laws of Intestacy" and "Ethical Perils in the Probate Process" and "Administration of the Estate," The Probate Process from Start to Finish for Paralegals, National Business Institute, 2009
- Author and Speaker, "Joint and Mutual Wills" and "Intestate Statutes," Basic Will drafting, Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum (ICLEF), 2011
- Author and Speaker, "Intestacy" and "The Client Interview," Practical Tips for Estate Planning and Administration, Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum, 2014
- 120 Hot Tips for Probate Practice, Author and Speaker, "5 Tips on Where There is No Will", ICLEF, 2015
- Author and Speaker, "Creditors and Claims Against Non-Probate Assets," Estate and Probate Administration 101, Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum (ICLEF), 2015
- 120 Hot Tips in Estate, Trust and Probate Practice for 2016, Speaker, 5 Tips on the Client Interview, ICLEF, 2016
- 120 Hot Tips in Estate, Trust and Probate Practice for 2017, Speaker, 5 Tips on Creditor Notice and Claims, ICLEF, 2017
- 120 Hot Tips in Estate, Trust and Probate Practice for 2018, Speaker, 5 Tips on Family Settlement Agreements, ICLEF, 2018
- Basic Will Drafting, Speaker, Conducting the Client Interview, ICLEF, 2018
- Speaker, Business Succession Planning from an Estate Planner's Perspective, Indianapolis Bar Association, 2019
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2020 - 2025
- Rising Stars: 2010, 2017 - 2018
