About Scott G.
Scott G. Stewart built a foundation in the liberal arts and law. He graduated from Princeton University in 2001 and earned his J.D. from Stanford Law School in 2008. Those years set the stage for a career that has moved between private practice, federal courts and government service.
He began his legal career at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP after law school. Early on he left the firm to take a federal clerkship. He served as a clerk to the Honorable Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. After that term, he returned to Gibson Dunn as an associate. He later secured a Supreme Court clerkship, serving as a law clerk to Justice Clarence Thomas in 2015.
Following his time at the Supreme Court, Stewart took roles in government litigation. In 2017 he served as a Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Civil Division at the U.S. Department of Justice. In 2021 he joined the Mississippi Attorney General’s Office as Solicitor General, a position in which he handled appellate matters on behalf of the state.
Those positions reflect a steady focus on appellate and civil litigation. Clerking at both a federal circuit court and the Supreme Court gave him direct exposure to appellate procedure and high-court briefing and argument preparation. His work at the Justice Department involved federal civil litigation and coordination on complex appeals. At the state level he has litigated issues that often implicate constitutional questions and state-federal relations.
Colleagues and court records show a practice shaped by procedural rigor and attention to briefing. He has moved between courtroom advocacy and the behind-the-scenes lawyering that prepares cases for appellate review. The pattern of public service and private practice is common among lawyers who handle federal and state appeals, and Stewart’s résumé follows that path closely.
He has taken on roles that require translating dense legal issues into arguments courts can resolve. That has been true whether drafting briefs, preparing merits-stage filings, or advising state officials on litigation strategy. He continues to work in the Mississippi Attorney General’s Office, where his practice centers on appellate litigation and related state legal matters.
