Firm chairman and co-founder Scott Gilbert brings thirty-plus years of high-profile experience and innovation in complex multiparty dispute resolution to Gilbert LLP.  Often at the forefront of cutting edge initiatives, settlements and litigation involving insurance, products liability, commercial torts and bankruptcy, he has represented clients in a wide variety of complex disputes ranging from tens of millions to billions of dollars. 

Scott’s strong leadership and unique legal strategies have been demonstrated repeatedly when tackling highly controversial issues such as asbestos, silica, IUDs, breast implants, heart valves, pharmaceuticals, natural disasters and environmental contamination, as well as commercial fraud and management and professional liability.

As a partner at Dickstein Shapiro Morin & Oshinsky LLP in Washington, D.C., from 1997-2000, Scott headed its Complex Dispute Resolution Group and was a member of the firm's Executive Committee.  He previously led the Complex Dispute Resolution Group at Covington & Burling in Washington, which he joined in 1979 and where he became a partner in 1987.

An internationally recognized innovator in the field of strategic ADR, Scott has crafted creative and workable solutions to some of the most complex legal challenges in mass torts.  For example, he has served as:

• the primary policyholder negotiator and drafter of the Wellington Agreement, one of the largest insurance settlements in US history

• the founder of and counsel to the Center for Claims Resolution

• the primary insurance negotiator and strategist for numerous mass tort defendants, as well as bankruptcy trusts, bankruptcy claimant committees, and groups of individual tort claimants.

Scott also has served as:

• an expert witness in litigation and in insurance arbitrations in the United States and England

• a mediator in complex commercial disputes and an arbitrator in American Arbitration Association (AAA) proceedings

• an adjunct professor at the University of Chicago Law School and Duke University Law School, where he presently teaches Legal Strategy and Insurance Law.

Community Activities

• Member, Board of Directors, Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless

• Member, Board of Directors, Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia

• Served on the Board of Directors of the Asbestos Claims Facility
• Founder and Editor, Chicago Forum, 1978-79

• Recipient of the Center for Public Resources Award for Innovation in Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Highlighted in Fortune magazine as "the nation's premier attorney for asbestos defendants seeking reimbursement from reluctant insurance carriers"
• Recipient of the B'nai B'rith International Commitment to Justice Award, 2009
• Ranked in Chambers USA as leading policyholder insurance attorney in Washington, DC, 2005 - 2012
• Ranked in Best Lawyers, 2006 - 2012
• Selected as a Washington, DC Super Lawyer, 2007 - 2013
• Ranked in The Legal Media Group’s Guide to the World’s Leading Insurance and Reinsurance Lawyers, 2008 - 2012
• Selected as a BTI Client Service All-Star, 2012

• Alan Gross: A Prisoner of the Cold War’s Politics, The Daily Beast, December 10, 2012
• Six decades later, sons seek answers on death of Detrick scientist Frank Olson planned to leave top-secret division before fall from N.Y. hotel, The Baltimore Sun, December 8, 2012
• American Held in Cuba Takes Aim at Impasse, New York Times, November 28, 2012
• CIA faces lawsuit over scientist's 1950s death, The Guardian, November 28, 2012
• Maryland Family Files Lawsuit Against Federal Government Claims CIA Murdered Their Father and Lied about Its Involvement, November 28, 2012
• Suit Planned Over Death of Man C.I.A. Drugged, November 26, 2012
• Wife of Maryland Man Imprisoned in Cuba Talks to Fox 5 About Lawsuit, My Fox DC, November 20, 2012
• Alan Gross Sues US Gov. over His Imprisonment in Cuba, Havana Times, November 17, 2012
• American contractor jailed in Cuba sues U.S., employer for $60 million, Reuters, November 16, 2012
• American imprisoned in Cuba sues ex-employer, US over training and risk disclosure failures, The Washington Post, November 16, 2012
• Jailed American in Cuba and His Wife Sue Contractor and U.S. Government, November 16, 2012
• Scott Gilbert and Barry Buchman Ranked as Top Lawyers in 2012 Chambers USA, June 7, 2012
• Scott Gilbert Named in BTI Client Service All-Stars Survey, February 1, 2012
• D.C. student files lawsuit, says teacher fathered her child, The Washington Post, September 10, 2010
• Sexual Misconduct Suit filed Against D.C. Public School Chancellor Michelle Rhee and former teacher, September 10, 2010
• Student Files Lawsuit Claiming DC Teacher Got Her Pregnant, Fox News, September 10, 2010
• Special needs student sues DC Public Schools, 9NEWS NOW & WUSA9.COM, September 9, 2010
• Gilbert Oshinsky Changes Name to Gilbert LLP, August 19, 2009
• Lawyers Rethink How They Do Business, NewsChannel 8, July 16, 2009
• Scott Gilbert, Founder and Chairman of Gilbert LLP, Receives Prestigious Philanthropic Award, May 13, 2009
• Insurance May Offer Protection in Madoff-like Scams, WUSA9, March 12, 2009
• Proactive Madoff Victims May Recoup Losses Through Insurance, February 5, 2009
• Gilbert Randolph LLP Ranks in 2008 Chambers USA, August 8, 2008
• Gilbert Randolph LLP Ranks in 2007 Chambers USA, June 15, 2007
• Ten of the D.C. Area's Top Insurance Attorneys, Legal Times, February 26, 2007
• Best Lawyers in America Recognizes Gilbert Heintz & Randolph Attorneys, July 20, 2006
• Beyond Fun and Games, Legal Times, February 27, 2006
• The Harley-Davidson Of Big Law Firms, Lawyers Weekly USA, February 27, 2006
• Chambers USA Recognizes Gilbert Heintz & Randolph, Chambers USA, June 2, 2005
• SPECIAL REPORT: Not Your Father's Law Firm, Legal Times, March 29, 2004
• SPECIAL REPORT: D.C. Rainmakers, Legal Times, January 26, 2004