Scott A. DeVries

Scott DeVries is an Indianapolis attorney with a wide and extensive breadth of legal and practical experience. Before beginning his law career, Scott was an officer in the United States Marine Corps, serving as a tank platoon commander and officer in charge of top-secret material. He also worked in the private sector as a regional sales director for two major office furniture companies. Since graduating summa cum laude from law school, Scott DeVries has had a diverse legal career. He worked as a Marion County deputy prosecutor concentrating on major felony cases, including murder trials, and served as a Master Commissioner in felony criminal courts. Before opening his own Indianapolis law firm, Scott served as the General Counsel for the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles.

• Attorney

• DeVries Law Office, Managing Attorney, November 2011 – May 2018
• Vehicle Information Solutions, LLC, September 2010 – April 2013
• Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles, General Counsel, 2007 – 2010
• Marion County Superior Courts, Master Commissioner, July 2003 – May 2007
• Marion County Prosecutor's Office, Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Major Felony Division, August 1996 – July 2003
• Judicial Clerk, Indiana Court of Appeals, January 1996 – August 1996
• Regional Sales Director, Knoll, 1989 – 1991
• Regional Sales Director, Allsteel, 1986 – 1989
• United States Marine Corps, First Lieutenant, Tank platoon commander, and officer in charge, of top-secret material, 1982 - 1986

• Chair, "Revealing the Mysteries of Administrative Law: A Practitioner's Guide to Indiana State Agencies", ICLEF (December), 2013
• "Motor Vehicle Law Update", Indiana Public Defender Council's 36th Annual Update Seminar (June), 2013
• "Breaking Barriers to Re-entry: An Overview of Common Civil Legal Issues Facing Ex-Offenders", Neighborhood Christian Legal Clinic CLE (August), 2011
• "DWI Trial", ICLEF (March), 2010
• "My client is charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated, the driver's license ramifications", Indianapolis Bar Association (February), 2010
• "Traffic Law School", ICLEF (December), 2013
• "Traffic Law School", ICLEF (December), 2008
• "Traffic Law School", ICLEF (December), 2007

• Indiana, 1996
• North Carolina, 1995
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Indiana, 1996
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Indiana, 1996

• Indianapolis Bar Association
• National Trial Lawyers Association