Scott Garland

Scott L. Garland graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1990, and then worked for two years as a statistical consultant to lawyers. Scott then attended the University of Michigan Law School and graduated cum laude in 1995. After a federal clerkship, five years in private practice concentrating on high‐technology civil litigation and white‐collar criminal defense, and a short stint at the Norfolk County District Attorney's Office, Scott joined the U.S. Department of Justice. From 2002 through 2008, Scott rose to the position of Senior Counsel at DOJ's Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section (CCIPS) in DOJ's Criminal Division. At CCIPS, Scott prosecuted cybercrime cases across the country, was the chief editor of the Department's manual on prosecuting intellectual property crimes, the primary author of the Department's field guide to investigating trademark crimes, and was awarded the Assistant Attorney General's Award for Outstanding Initiative for Economic Security. Scott joined the U.S. Attorney's Office in 2008, where he has been prosecuting cybercrime cases ever since, including offenses involving Internet fraud, computer intrusions, thefts of trade secrets, and threatening communications.