Biography

Scott D. Mikkelsen

scottmikkelsen@davisbrownlaw.com

CONCENTRATION

Scott is an associate of the Davis Brown Law Firm. He joined the Business Litigation Division in August 2006 in the areas of General Commercial Litigation, Construction Law, Community and Economic Development Law, and Development-related Tax Credits. 

ACADEMICS

Scott graduated from Duke University Law School in 2006, where he was involved with the Duke Law Innocence Project, taught classes at a local junior high school as part of the national "Street Law" program, played intramural athletics, and was the founder and Editor-in-Chief of the Duke Journal of Constitutional Law and Public Policy.  His note, "Eminent Domain after Kelo v. City of New London: Compensating for the Supreme Court’s Refusal to Enforce the 5th Amendment", was published by the Journal. 

He has an MSc in Economics from the University of Manchester Institute of Science & Technology & Manchester Business School in Manchester, England. 

He graduated summa cum laude, with BA in Finance from the University of Northern Iowa, which he received in 2000. At UNI, he was a letter-winner for the Panther football team and received honors including the Gateway Athletic Conference Academic Excellence Award, the University Athletic Directors Award, and was a member of Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society, Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society, and Golden Key International Honor Society.

OF NOTE

Scott has worked as an Economic Analyst for Bianco Research & Arbor Trading, LLC in Chicago, for University of Northern Iowa assisting with the management of their investment portfolios, and for Merrill Lynch.

PERSONAL

Scott was born in Marshalltown and is a 1995 graduate of Dike-New Hartford High School.  Scott and his wife Amber live in Des Moines and have a son, Ty David.