Gregory Kellam Scott (July 30, 1948 – March 31, 2021) was an associate justice of the

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from 1993 to 2000. Scott received his J.D. from

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. He moved to Denver, Colorado, in 1977 to take a position with the

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. He was appointed by Governor

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to the Colorado Supreme Court in 1992, taking office on January 15, 1993. He resigned on March 15, 2000, to accept a position as vice president and general counsel of Kaiser-Hill LLC. Scott died at his home in

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, at the age of 72.

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