Nathan Scott

Justice Nate Scott brings 12 years of trial court experience, including 9 years on the civil panel and 3 years on the family law panel of the Orange County Superior Court. For 4 years, he was also assigned to hear election cases. For 3 years, he was also Presiding Judge of the Appellate Division.

As a civil trial judge, Justice Scott was named Judge of the Year by the American Board of Trial Advocates–OC chapter, the OC Trial Lawyers Association, and the OC Hispanic Bar Association.

Elevated by Governor Gavin Newsom and rated “exceptionally well qualified” by the JNE Commission, Justice Scott proudly belongs to the California Latino Judges Association, the Orange County Association of Affinity Judicial Officers, and the Hispanic Bar Association. He serves regularly on the Association of Business Trial Lawyers–OC’s judicial advisory council and board of governors. He co-chairs the Orange County Bar Association’s Civility Task Force and supports the Unity Bar of Orange County.

Grateful for the support of so many, Justice Scott pays it forward through mentorship and community outreach. He has worked alongside Governor Newsom’s judicial mentoring program, the Commission on Judicial Performance, the California Latino Judges Association, the OC Hispanic Bar Association, ABTL–OC Young Lawyers Division, Elizabeth G. Macias Legal Studies Academy at Santa Ana High School, OCBA Bridging the Gap program, Constitutional Rights Foundation–OC, NAACP–Long Beach, Judges in the Classroom, and UCI’s Saturday Academy of Law.

Before Governor Jerry Brown appointed him to the Superior Court, Justice Scott was a Court of Appeal research attorney. He began his career at Kirkland & Ellis LLP and Cox Castle Nicholson LLP. He attended Long Beach public schools and graduated from Long Beach City College, UCLA summa cum laude, and Harvard Law School.

Justice Scott and his wife, a librarian, have three wonderful children.