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Scott A. Pyle focuses his practice in the areas of business organizations and business planning, corporate and business law creditors and consumers’ rights, real estate and contract law, wills trusts, and estates as well as trial and appellate matters. Scott is a life-long Indiana resident, born and raised in Richmond, Indiana, and has lived in the Northwest Indiana area since 2000. Prior to joining the firm, Scott began his legal career as an associate attorney with a firm in Crown Point, Indiana focusing on representing units of local government. From there, Scott served as a Staff Attorney with the United Auto Workers’ Legal Services Plan representing thousands of United Auto Workers’ Members and Dependents through a pre-paid legal service through their benefits which has since been discontinued. While at the Valparaiso University School of Law, Scott served as a Teaching Assistant in the School’s Legal Writing Department and also served as an Associate Editor for the Valparaiso University Law Review. Scott’s Student Note was published in the Fall of 2002 at 37 Val. U. L. Rev. 429. Since its publication, Scott’s Student Note has been cited by numerous Law Reviews throughout the United States and is also cited and referenced in publications by the American Jurisprudence series. In his time outside of the firm, Scott enjoys spending time with his wife and four children.

Prior to engaging in private practice, Mr. Fullerton served as General Counsel to Development Resources, Incorporated, a Washington metropolitan real estate developer; as Assistant General Counsel to Peoples Drug Stores, Incorporated, a national retailer headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia; and as a trial attorney for the Federal Power Commission.. BSBA University of Florida.. JD Catholic University. U.S. Army Field Artillery School, Ft. Sill, Oklahoma. TOP AMERICAN OIL AND GAS COMPANY. Provide real estate transaction support for retained retail service stations and retained liability representation for ExxonMobil donated properties. Provide engineering and construction support for retained and divested properties with legacy support for rights of first refusal, deed modifications and disputes. Provide support for escrows and access required properties. US REAL ESTATE COUNSEL - ASSET MANAGEMENT FUELS MARKETING DIVISION. Managed legal staff and provided legal services as counsel for Asset Management. Served as Construction and Engineering Counsel for Asset Management and as ADA Counsel. Assumed real estate responsibilities following resignation of Senior Real Estate Counsel and two staff real estate counsel in 2004. Implemented matter/docket controls and systems for acquisitions, leases and divestments of service station properties. Eliminated back-log of idled properties. Established process for coordinated review of properties with EMES. Implemented new double wall tank replacement and removal program in New Jersey and New York. GENERAL COUNSEL- DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES, INC.. Served as general counsel to development company based in Alexandria, Virginia, developing residential and commercial properties in the City of Alexandria.. GENERAL COUNSEL – DRI CONSTRUCTION/ DRI CON. Served as general counsel for general contractor and for high rise concrete construction company serving as contractor of choice to parent development company and providing services to the public.