ALUMNI FOCUS
The Remingtons: A Florida State Family
A
mie and Scott Remington met in Civil Procedure during their first year at FSU Law. They joke that Amie’s excellent note-taking ability was the reason for their connection. The pair often studied at Amie’s house, which was much more conducive to studying than Scott’s house across the street from the law school, which he recalled as “a great party house.” Now, more than 25 years later, the Remingtons both have successful legal
8
F L O R I D A S TAT E L AW
By Christi N. Morgan
“I always thought I would be a plaintiff’s lawyer or a civil rights lawyer, but when I showed up for the first day of work, my supervisor Bill Bond (’77) told me I was going to be a real property lawyer,” Scott remarked. “I enjoy working with clients and helping see their projects and dreams come to fruition.” Through his work, Scott has been instrumental in helping clients like Quint Studer revitalize downtown Pensacola. He is general counsel to the Pensacola Blue Wahoos minor league baseball team and has represented some of the most transformative leaders in the community. He also serves as general counsel for Triumph Gulf Coast—the organization responsible for distributing $1.5 billion in economic aid resulting from the state’s lawsuit against BP. Now serving in his ninth year as managing shareholder, Scott jokes that the job is “like nailing Jell-O to a cat.” “You deal with a lot of very smart and talented people and I receive a great deal of joy watching young lawyers develop careers in Pensacola and a busy life at and succeed as part of a team,” said Scott. home as the parents of three. “If you grew up playing team sports or Scott is the president and managing serving in the military, you enjoy the shareholder at Clark Partington Hart satisfaction of working with a team to Larry Bond & Stackhouse. He has been bring about a positive result for a client.” with the firm since the Monday after he Clark Partington’s culture and emand Amie graduated from law school phasis on teamwork are such that Scott in 1997. He concentrates in the areas of and many other talented attorneys have litigation, real property and business law, stayed at the firm for decades. Because spending half of his time practicing and the attorneys enjoy working together, half managing the firm’s five offices and Scott counts colleagues among his closapproximately 100 employees. est friends. They take vacations together
