Scott Alexander

Scott has served as principal counsel for major utilities such as Duke Energy and Alliant Energy with respect to environmental permitting and compliance issues under the CAA, CWA, and RCRA (including the Federal CCR Rule) in Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Florida, Wisconsin, and Iowa. In addition, he has represented clients in New Source Review and Prevention of Significant Deterioration litigation in several states. See Sierra Club v. Duke Energy Indiana, Inc., 2010 WL 3667002, No. 1:08-cv-437-SEB-TAB (S.D. Ind. 2010) (In a ruling with national significance, the court granted summary judgment for Duke Energy after extensive discovery, finding that plaintiff’s NSR, PSD, and Title V permit claims constituted an improper collateral attack and had no legal basis); see also In the matter of Objection to Issuance of Significant Source Modification Permit (Cause No. 08-A-J-4066, Indiana Office of Environmental Adjudication) (administrative litigation regarding a $3 billion facility’s BACT and emission netting permit challenges); Sierra Club v. Wisconsin Power and Light Company (Case No. 3:10-cv-00511-wmc, United States District Court, Western District of Wisconsin); Sierra Club v. Wisconsin Power and Light Company (Case No. 2:10-cv-00835-aeg, United States District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin); United States EPA and Sierra Club v. Interstate Power and Light Company (pre-litigation matters); and U.S. v. Cinergy et. al. (S.D. Ind. 1999).

Scott’s practice also includes the representation of airports, including the Indianapolis International Airport, with respect to environmental, aircraft noise, and runway expansion issues. Notably, he argued and won Indiana’s seminal case on aviation noise and inverse condemnation in the Indiana Supreme Court. See Biddle v. Indianapolis Airport Authority et. al., 860 N.E.2d 570 (Ind. 2007). Scott’s practice additionally focuses on business and complex litigation, with an emphasis on contractual disputes, business separation litigation, trade secret violations, inverse condemnation claims, covenant-not-to-compete enforcement, and other general litigation.

Scott is recognized by Best Lawyers in America® 2017 for Environmental Law; Litigation – Environmental and is listed in Indiana Super Lawyers. He is a graduate of Wabash College, B.A., 1989 (summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa) and Indiana University School of Law, J.D., 1992 (summa cum laude, Indiana Law Review).