M. Scott Proctor

M. Scott Proctor currently serves as the Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana.  He joined the District from the Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel, where he served as a Deputy Assistant Attorney General between February and June 2025.  He previously served in the Department as an Assistant United States Attorney and Indian Country Fellow in the Northern District of Oklahoma between 2018 and 2021.

Outside of the Department, Scott served as a law clerk for Justice Clarence Thomas of the United States Supreme Court during October Term 2021 and for Chief Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit between June 2017 and June 2018. Before becoming an attorney, Scott served as a Surface Warfare Officer in the United States Navy between 2008 and 2013.  He continues to hold a commission in the U.S. Navy Reserve.

Scott received his law degree from Harvard Law School in 2017.  He received his undergraduate degree from Yale University in 2008.