Nicole A. Scott

Nicole is Special Counsel in Maynard Nexsen's Economic Development practice group. She brings a broad base of government experience to matters involving real estate law and economic development. She has a strong understanding of land use and zoning issues, as well as incentives to encourage economic development, and is well-versed in researching, analyzing, and drafting documentation to support transactions.

With a background that includes more than 13 years in the public sector, she is particularly experienced in providing counsel to clients appearing before governmental entities and has a proven ability to effectively analyze statutes, ordinances, case law, and factual data to achieve favorable outcomes.

Her experience as lead attorney for Berkeley County Government, the governing authority for the 35th fastest-growing county in the United States, has helped her serve clients in a number of projects in the region. While working for Berkeley County, she led the effort to create an assessment district consisting of multiple developers to fund transportation infrastructure and was instrumental in creating the Nexton Improvement District; drafted ordinances and referenda for a transportation sales tax program and Sunday sales of alcohol; negotiated multiple development and fee-in-lieu of tax agreements; and supervised condemnation procedures for transportation and airport projects. She also coordinated litigation matters with outside counsel and the Insurance Reserve Fund and prosecuted several local ordinances.

Outside of her practice, she is deeply committed to supporting the legal profession and has served as an adjunct legal writing professor at the Charleston School of Law. She has presented a number of continuing legal education seminars for organizations such as the South Carolina Bar Government Law Section and the South Carolina Institute of Government. She is actively involved in a wide range of professional associations, including the South Carolina Bar’s Government Law Section Council and the South Carolina Association of County Attorneys.

Community & Professional

• South Carolina Bar
• Council Member, Government Law Section, South Carolina Bar
• South Carolina Association of County Attorneys
• South Carolina Women Lawyers Association
• Charleston Real Estate Women
• Charleston County Bar
• Urban Land Institute South Carolina

Outside Maynard Nexsen

Outside of the office, you’ll usually find her on the dance floor preparing for her next ballroom performance or competition. 

• Forty Under 40, Charleston Regional Business Journal, 2010
• Graduate, Leadership Berkeley, Berkeley Chamber of Commerce 

• 2018 SC Bar Convention / Government Law Section – Presenter:  Economic Development: Hot Topics and Case Studies, January 19, 2018
• SC Bar's Annual Conference - assessment districts and financing infrastructure
• Association of County Attorney's Annual Meeting - criminal penalties in the Freedom of Information Act
• Maynard Nexsen Realtors Continuing Education Seminar, Form-Based Codes
• Leadership Charleston for the Metro Chamber of Commerce