Since joining Hill, Farrer & Burrill LLP upon his graduation from law school in 1978, SCOTT L. GILMORE has specialized in trial work on behalf of both plaintiffs and defendants, with specific expertise in real estate, construction, closely-held corporation and partnership litigation.  Over the more than thirty years of his practice Mr. Gilmore has represented clients ranging from individual entrepreneurs to Fortune 500 companies.  Mr. Gilmore has represented a wide range of clients, including real estate developers, home builders, hotel operators, insurance agencies, retail operations, manufacturers of products ranging from traffic paint to heavy equipment, contractors in the fields of general construction, structural steel, mechanical systems, painting, drywall and plumbing, architects, soils engineers, beverage distillers and distributors, and  temporary employment agencies.

Mr. Gilmore has extensive experience in trying both jury and non jury cases in state and federal courts, and has also represented parties in numerous arbitration matters. Mr. Gilmore  has successfully prosecuted numerous appeals, both of cases he has tried and appellate matters referred to him by other attorneys.

Because Mr. Gilmore also believes that a trial or arbitration is not always the best way to resolve disputes (particularly business-related disputes), since 2003 Mr. Gilmore has offered his services as a privately retained mediator to assist other attorneys and their clients in resolving their litigated matters.  In support of his practice as a mediator, Mr. Gilmore has completed more than 120 hours of mediation training through the both prestigious Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine University and affiliated organizations. Since 2003 Mr. Gilmore has successfully mediated hundreds of matters.
 
From 1998 through 2002, Mr. Gilmore served as Managing Partner of Hill, Farrer & Burrill LLP.
 
Mr. Gilmore graduated magna cum laude from the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California School. He then received both his Masters in Business Administration and his Juris Doctorate degrees from the University of Southern California in 1978.
 
Mr. Gilmore holds an AV Peer Review Rating from Martindale-Hubbell.
 
Mr. Gilmore's professional affiliations include membership in the Los Angeles County Bar Association and the American Bar Association, in which he is a member of the litigation section of both associations.  He is also a member of the Association of Business Trial Lawyers of the Los Angeles County Bar Association.  Mr. Gilmore’s professional mediation affiliations include membership in the Southern California Mediation Association and the Dispute Resolution Section of the American Bar Association.  Mr. Gilmore serves as a member of the Los Angeles County Superior Court Panel of Mediators. 
 
Mr. Gilmore serves as a visiting professor, teaching Civil Procedure and Alternative Dispute Resolution, to both graduate and undergraduate business law classes at the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business.

Mr. Gilmore is a member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Governors of the University of Southern California General Alumni Association.  He also serves as Vice-Chairman of Marshall Partners, the premier academic support group for both the Marshall School of Business and the Leventhal School of Accounting at the University of Southern California.

Mr. Gilmore serves as a member of the Board of Elders at SeaCoast Grace Church in Cypress, California.  Mr. Gilmore is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the Long Beach Memorial Medical Center.