Ms. Scott is a senior partner in the Edmonton office of Dentons, the world’s largest law firm, where she provides business and legal advice to a range of institutional and corporate clients on real estate and commercial matters. Darlene served as Chair of Dentons Edmonton’s Banking and Finance group for over 10 years and is listed in The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory as a leading lawyer in the field of Banking and Financial Institutions, having been awarded Best Lawyers “Lawyer of the Year” Award in Corporate Law (2014 and 2018), Banking and Finance (2017 and 2020) and Real Estate (2019 and 2021).

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Ms. Scott received her King's Counsel designation in 2016 and has served as a Bencher of the Law Society of Alberta since 2014, holding the positions of Chair of Audit and Finance, Chair of Credentials and Education, Chair of Conduct and Chair of Policy. She served as President of the Law Society of Alberta in 2021 and currently serves as immediate Past President. Ms. Scott was a recipient of the Alberta Women in Law Leadership “Stronger Together” Award in 2020 and the Edmonton branch of the Commercial Real Estate Women’s inaugural Impact Award in 2020.