Scott L. Long

Scott Long has over thirty-five years of civil and commercial litigation and trial experience. He has represented clients in state and federal courts, as well as in administrative and arbitration proceedings, in virtually every area of civil and business-related litigation, including contract disputes, business torts, employment-related claims, partnership dissolutions, shareholder disputes, construction claims, creditors' rights cases, will contests, real property disputes, intellectual property lawsuits, product liability claims, and personal injury and wrongful death cases. Scott is originally from Mason City, Iowa and is a graduate of the University of Iowa (B.B.A. with Distinction, 1984) and the University of Michigan Law School (J.D. 1987) After graduating from law school, Scott practiced in Phoenix, Arizona for approximately ten years. He returned to Iowa in 1997 and has practiced in a large law firm setting, as in-house counsel, and as a sole practitioner. Scott joined Sease & Wadding as of counsel in February of 2026. He has given a number of presentations and lectured on various substantive and procedural aspects of civil and commercial litigation to both lawyers and business professionals. Scott is admitted to practice in all state and federal courts in Iowa, as well as in the 6th, 8th, and 9th Circuit Courts of Appeals. Awards and Honors Honors Best Lawyers in America - Commercial Litigation, 2013 - present Excellence in Corporate Practice Award, American Corporate Counsel Association, 2000 Martindale Hubbell AV Rated

• Of Counsel

• Employment Law - Litigation Trends, Brown Winick Client Seminar, 2009
• Electronic Discovery in Litigation, Brown Winick Client Seminar, 2007
• Enforcement of Arbitration Provisions, ISBA Corporate Counsel Section, 2005
• Litigation Related Provisions in Contracts, Brown Winick Client Seminar, 2005

• Drexel Chemical Co. v. Albaugh, Inc.
• Citation: 489 Fed.App’x 63
• Court: 6th Cir.
• Year: 2012
• Hammond v. Florida Asset Financing Corp.
• Citation: 695 N.W.2d 1
• Court: Iowa Supreme Court
• Year: 2005
• DIRECTV v. Kaas
• Citation: 294 F.Supp.2d 1044
• Court: N.D. Iowa
• Year: 2003
• Central States Industrial Supply, Inc. v. McCullough
• Citation: 279 F.Supp.2d 1005
• Citation: 218 F.Supp.2d 1186
• Year: 2002
• Conseco v. Wells Fargo Financial Leasing
• Citation: 204 F.Supp.2d 1186
• Court: S.D. Iowa
• Board of Trustees of Municipal Fire & Police Retirement Systems of Iowa v. City of West Des Moines
• Citation: 587 N.W.2d 227
• Year: 1998

• Iowa, 1997
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Iowa, 1997
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Iowa, 1997
• U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit

• Iowa State Bar Association, 1997 - Present (Member)
• Polk County Bar Association, 1997 - Present (Member)
• Lincoln Inne of Court, 2011 - Present (Member)
• Fraternities and Sororities
• Beta Gamma Sigma
• Phi Eta Sigma