Attorneys

In his almost twenty years representing persons in courtrooms throughout the state of Washington , Scott Stewart has attained a level of trial experience few attorneys can match. He has defended persons at every stage of a criminal case, including over 200 jury trials. He has represented thousands of persons accused of crimes ranging from Driving Under the Influence to Hit and Run Resulting in Death, from Assault Domestic Violence to Residential Burglary, from Misdemeanor Possession of Marijuana to Felony Distribution of Drugs, from Voyeurism to Child Molestation, and almost every other criminal offense prohibited by the laws of both the State and the local municipalities.

Scott has represented accused persons in every Municipal Court, District Court and Superior Court in King and Pierce County, as well as numerous courts in other counties throughout the state of Washington, from Clark to Whatcom, and Grays Harbor to Chelan. He has worked for the complex crimes division of a county prosecutor's office and has served as a public defender in at least ten different jurisdictions. 

Scott has won jury trials on behalf of persons charged with most criminal offenses prohibited by the laws of the state of Washington including, but not limited to, Driving Under the Influence, Physical Control of a Motor Vehicle While Under the Influence, Negligent Driving,  Hit and Run, Assault, Malicious Mischief, Harassment, Stalking, Theft, Possession of Drugs and Drug Paraphernalia, Minor in Possession and Disorderly Conduct. 

His jury trial victories include acquittals on DUIs with no breath test, DUIs with breath test refusals, and DUIs with breath test levels as high as .22. He has Reckless Driving victories with alleged speeds in excess of 100 miles per hour, including a 2008 jury trial where the defendant was alleged to have driven a motorcycle on a city street at speeds at or near 100 miles per hour, road a wheelie, and caused a serious multi-vehicle collision. He has won numerous Assault Domestic Violence jury trials, including a case involving a County Deputy Sheriff charged with two counts of Assault Domestic Violence and one count of Obstructing a Law Enforcement Officer. In that case the prosecution witnesses included a Major, a Sergeant, two detectives, three patrol officers, the alleged victim and one additional independent witness. Scott's client was his only witness. Still, the jury returned not guilty verdicts on all three counts. Significantly, on more than one occasion Scott  has been the choice of law enforcement officers familiar with his reputation who found themselves charged with a criminal offense.   

Scott has been involved with numerous cases that received media attention. He has appeared as a guest on ABC's Good Morning America, CBS's Early Show, MSNBC's The Abram's Report, MSNBC's Debra Norville Tonight, CNN's Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees and Fox's At Large w/Geraldo Rivera He has also appeared on KING, KIRO, KOMO and KCPQ. Scott has been quoted in over a hundred newspapers, magazines and websites throughout the world, from the Seattle Times to the China Daily, from the Seattle Post Intelligencer to the New York Post, from the Tacoma Tribune to People Magazine, and from the Spokane Spokesman Review to the Boston Globe. His favorite media claims to fame include that he has both been quoted in the National Enquirer and bad mouthed by Rush Limbaugh and Don Imus.

Scott was born and raised in South King County graduating from high school in Renton and the University of Washington , where he  was consistently on the Dean's List. He spent his three years of Law School at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis , a school consistently ranked in the top twenty-five. Scott ultimately graduated from law school with honors. 

After receiving his Juris Doctor in 1988, cum laude , Scott returned home where he initially practiced for three and a half years with an AV rated downtown Seattle law firm. In March of 1992 Scott opened his own practice emphasizing criminal defense and personal injury law. This practice would eventually develop into Stewart Beall MacNichols & Harmell, Inc., P.S.   

In addition to his work as an attorney, since 2000 Scott has been an adjunct professor in the Law and Justice Program at Central Washington University where he teaches classes including Evidence and Arrest, Great American Trials, Legal Research and Legal Writing. Scott has also successfully tutored two future lawyers through the Washington State Bar Association Rule Six Program. One of those lawyers now works for the Attorney General's Office in American Samoa , the other works for Stewart Beall MacNichols & Harmell, Inc., P.S.

Scott presently resides in southeast King County with his wife, Jennifer, and their four children.