Ward E. Scott II, Esquire founded his comprehensive international commercial legal practice in Afghanistan in 2011, based upon the readily apparent need for a top-drawer international commercial law firm to bridge the gap between Western law firms and in-house counsels and the realities of doing business on the ground in Afghanistan, one of the world’s most challenging markets. Since then, Scott Advocates PLLC (Scott) has become the foremost firm providing international clients and correspondent counsel legal advice, representation, litigation support and assistance in and concerning Afghanistan. Scott is correspondent counsel with Venable LLP, with offices in Washington, DC and throughout the United States, and Morris James LLP, Delaware’s foremost corporate and commercial practitioners. Mr. Scott resides in Kabul, Afghanistan, is periodically in London and Washington, DC, and is an active member of the New Hampshire (USA), American and International Bar Associations. The Scott team has successfully appeared before all principal ministries of the Afghan government, commercial and criminal courts and the administrative office of the Ministry of Justice, the ‘Hoqooq’, and displayed considerable moral and physical courage in regularly doing so.
A highly respected and experienced litigator, appellate counsel and negotiator, Mr. Scott has served as an elected district attorney and county general counsel, with numerous jury trials and successful state