Scott D. Gilchrist

Scott Gilchrist focuses his practice on complex and class action matters in various industries and areas of the law. Mr. Gilchrist has represented individual, corporate and municipal clients in state and federal trial and appellate courts around the country. He has served as counsel in dozens of class actions involving antitrust, government overreaching, landowner rights, consumer protection, banking and insurance practices, securities fraud, telecommunications charges, and product defects.

Recently, Mr. Gilchrist served as a principal attorney in Raab v. Waddell and Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles, in which the Indiana BMV agreed to refund $30 million in overcharges for operators’ licenses issued by the agency to Indiana drivers, and Raab v. Abernathy and Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles, in which the BMV agreed to refund an additional $59 million in overcharges for titles, registrations, licenses and identification cards.

Mr. Gilchrist was also a principal attorney in class action antitrust cases against suppliers of ready-mixed concrete on behalf of small businesses, farmers, and individuals. In re Ready Mixed Concrete Antitrust Litigation, CohenMalad, LLP and co-lead counsel recovered nearly $60 million for direct purchasers in central Indiana, and in In re Iowa Ready Mix Concrete Antitrust Litigation, CohenMalad, LLP and co-lead counsel recovered more than $18 million for direct purchasers in northwest Iowa.

Mr. Gilchrist has additional extensive experience in antitrust matters and in class action litigation involving consumer rights, landowner claims, securities fraud, and corporate governance.

Further information about Mr. Gilchrist’s class action litigation experience can be found on the CohenMalad, LLP Class Action Resume.