Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz

Viviane Scott is an associate in the Litigation Group representing companies and executives on employment and intellectual property matters, and lawyers and law firms in professional responsibility matters.

In her employment litigation and counseling practice, Ms. Scott advises clients on how to comply with federal, state and local employment regulations – including Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Occupational Safety and Health Administration rules, COVID-19-related regulations, FLSA, FMLA, and state and local anti-discrimination, wage-and-hour, and employee privacy laws. She has appeared in federal and state court and before EEOC and OSHA panels. She also assists clients in workplace investigations and risk management, and counsels on a variety of employment contract disputes.

In her Legal Ethics & Professional Responsibility Litigation practice, Ms. Scott represents plaintiffs and defends lawyers and law firms in legal malpractice disputes and disciplinary matters and has appeared before disciplinary boards, private arbitration panels, and federal and state courts.

An experienced litigator, Ms. Scott also handles a wide range of copyright and trademark, false advertising, and commercial litigation matters.

Ms. Scott is a frequent public speaker and prolific writer on employment, legal ethics and intellectual property. Her recent speaking engagements include Frankfurt Kurnit’s multi-part “More Than Just Hand Sanitizer: Employment Law and the Return to Work” series, the Frankfurt Kurnit Ethics Litigation Summit, “Lights, Camera, Ethics!,” “Hot Topics in Advertising and Marketing Law,” “The ABCs of Independent Contractors in California and New York,” and “Font Legal Issues: More Interesting & Relevant Than You’d Think.” Her recent blog posts include, “ABA Ethics Opinion Provides Guidance on Rule Against Discrimination in the Practice of Law,” “5 Tips for When COVID-19 Comes to Your Media Production,” “Get Ready for New York Minimum Wage and Exempt Salary Changes,” and “How to Comply With New York’s New Harassment Rules That Are Taking Effect Now.”

Ms. Scott is the Secretary of the New York City Bar Association’s Committee on Professional Ethics. She is the 2020 recipient of the ABA Center for Professional Responsibility, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee’s Jeanne P. Gray Diversity Scholarship. She serves on the Center’s Diversity Committee, and the ABA’s Standing Committee on Professionalism.

Prior to joining Frankfurt Kurnit, Ms. Scott served as law clerk to the Honorable Theodore A. McKee of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. From 2014 to 2015, she also served as law clerk to the Honorable Bridget M. McCormack of the Supreme Court of Michigan. 

Ms. Scott is admitted to practice in New York, as well as in the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.