Background
Harshbarger, Scott was born on December 1, 1941 in New Haven. Son of Luther Henry and Marian Harshbarger.
Harshbarger, Scott was born on December 1, 1941 in New Haven. Son of Luther Henry and Marian Harshbarger.
Bachelor, Harvard University, 1964. Bachelor of Laws, Harvard University, 1968.
Associate Goodwin, Procter & Hoar, Boston, 1968—1970. Director Lawyers' Committee, 1970—1972. Deputy chief counsel Massachusetts Defenders, 1972—1975.
Chief Public Protection Bureau, Office Attorney General Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1975—1978. Chief counsel State Ethics Commission, 1978—1980. Associate Posternak, Blankstein & Lund, 1980—1982.
District attorney Middlesex County, Cambridge, 1983—1991. Attorney general Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston, 1991—1999. President, Chief Executive Officer Common Cause, Washington, 1999—2002.
Partner Murphy, Hesse, Toomey & Lehane LLP, Boston, 2003—2005. Senior counsel Proskauer Rose LLP, since 2005. Lecturer Boston University Law School, 1980—1999.
Hadley professor criminal justice & law Northeastern University, 1999. Visiting professor Harvard Law School, 1999—2001. Member Governor's Commission on Correction Reform, 2003.
President board directors Justice Resources Institute, Boston, 1979—1991. Member of National Association Attorneys General, National District Attorneys Association (chairman policy committee 1983-1991, chairman health care task force, general criminal law committee, president), Boston Bar Association (chairman urban affairs section 1980-1982).
Married Judith Stephenson, July 1988. Children: Michael, Benjamin, Tenly, Carmeron, Anne.