Scott Wright is a member of Sutherland’s Tax Practice Group, where he focuses his practice on state and local tax issues. He has extensive experience with sales and use taxes, income taxes and property taxes; he also handles cases involving utility taxes, employment taxes, transfer taxes, and gross receipts taxes. Scott advises businesses regarding state tax planning and controversy matters in Georgia and throughout the country.

Scott’s practice spans a broad range of substantive issues, from business restructuring and transactional tax planning to constitutional questions such as nexus, discrimination against interstate commerce and unitary combination. He has represented clients from numerous industries, including manufacturing, health care, energy, banking and finance, insurance, transportation, timber and retail.

Before joining the firm, Scott served as a law clerk to the Honorable H. Ted Milburn of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.