Scott Edwards highlights 30 years representing taxpayers, more than a dozen state Supreme Court cases

Scott Edwards told the interviewer he has no prior judicial experience but has spent roughly three decades in private practice representing Washington taxpayers and businesses. “I went to University of Washington Law School, and I spent the last 30 years representing Washington taxpayers, individuals, businesses small and large,” Edwards said, adding that he has handled more than a dozen cases before the Washington State Supreme Court.

Edwards said his practice and his role as a tax law instructor at the University of Washington for more than 20 years inform his perspective on statutory interpretation and constitutional restraints on taxing authority. He described jury service experiences that shaped his view of the trial system, including being excused from a criminal jury because a witness was related to a friend and later serving on a DUI jury that reinforced confidence in jurors’ seriousness.

The candidate presented his legal résumé as evidence of courtroom and appellate experience rather than as evidence of prior judicial service.