Scott Lindlaw Principal, Sard Verbinnen & Co. Scott Lindlaw is a Principal in Sard Verbinnen & Co’s San Francisco office. Scott assists clients with a broad range of media, crisis, and investor relations support. Current and recent representations involve companies engaged in intellectual property and commercial litigation; responding to or preparing for data breaches; involved in M&A transactions; and responding to activist investors. Recent engagement and representation highlights include: - Litigation support for public and private companies in state and federal court - Communications counsel on data-breach response for investment firms, large law firms, a prominent health-care company, a hotel chain, a REIT, a payment-services company and a large software company - Avago on its acquisition of Broadcom - Twitter on its CEO transition - eBay’s spin-off of PayPal - Samsung C&T on its merger with Cheil Industries, a transaction challenged by Elliott Associates LP Scott is an attorney and veteran journalist. Before joining Sard Verbinnen, Scott practiced intellectual property and cybersecurity law at the law firm Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP. In addition to his work on patent and copyright cases, several of which went to trial, he edited Orrick’s trade secrets blog and wrote extensively about data-breach litigation. He maintained an active pro bono practice, and continues to represent U.S. military veterans seeking benefits from the VA. Prior to his legal career, Scott was a reporter for The Associated Press for 16 years. He served for four years as an AP White House correspondent, covering President George W. Bush’s first term; covered the statehouses in Providence, Rhode Island, and Sacramento, California; was part of a team nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for disaster coverage; and won The Associated Press Managing Editors’ Award for a series on Pat Tillman, the former NFL player killed by his fellow Army Rangers in Afghanistan. Scott also reported on the criminal and civil trials of O.J. Simpson. Scott serves on the board of directors of the First Amendment Coalition, a nonprofit public interest organization dedicated to advancing free speech and more open and accountable government. He earned his J.D. and his master’s degree in journalism at the University of California, Berkeley and received a B.A. in English with a minor in public policy from the State University of New York at Buffalo.