Scott McKinney

Scott McKinney is a partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati based in Washington, D.C., specializing in technology transactions and intellectual property.

He has extensive experience representing businesses in complex commercial and technology transactions, as well as handling intellectual property issues, including those arising from mergers, acquisitions, and financing transactions.

Scott is well-versed in negotiating strategic commercial contracts, such as distribution, license, joint venture, development, services, and software agreements for companies across various industries.

He is a subject-matter expert in open source software licensing and assists companies with compliance and usage issues in this area.

In addition to his legal practice, Scott is an adjunct professor of law at Georgetown, where he teaches a course on negotiations, technology, IP, and drafting.

He also serves as a guest lecturer at Cornell University, educating LLM and MBA students on intellectual property, complex IP development deals, and legal and business matters affecting startup tech companies.

Scott holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the University of Oklahoma and a Doctor of Law (J.D.) degree focusing on IP and International Law from Columbia Law School.