Anita Kontoh Scott

Anita Kontoh Scott has built her legal career through decades of community involvement and dedicated advocacy. With deep ties to Bolingbrook, she uses her extensive experience to guide individuals through family and real estate matters while maintaining a strong commitment to public service and professional growth across multiple legal and civic organizations.

Anita completed her education step by step, starting at Bolingbrook High School in 1992 and continuing to Adrian College, where she earned her degree in 1996. She then obtained her Juris Doctorate from Maurer School of Law at Indiana University Bloomington in 1999.

Anita has been recognized repeatedly for her leadership, including the 2012 Bolingbrook Female Citizen of the Year, the 2013 DuPage NAACP President’s Award, the 2013 DuPage NAACP Audley Award for Leadership, the 2017 Super Lawyer Award, and the Top 100 National Black Lawyers distinction, reflecting her long-standing professional dedication.

Anita draws on more than two decades of legal practice to assist clients with family matters, real estate issues, and related concerns. Her admission to practice in the United States Illinois Northern District and before the United States Supreme Court further demonstrates the breadth of her qualifications and courtroom readiness.

Anita Kontoh Scott continues to apply her legal insight with a focus on steady guidance and meaningful results for those seeking help with important personal matters. Her long-standing dedication to ethical practice, public service, and client-centered representation demonstrates the dependable approach she brings to every individual she advises.

Law Office Affiliations

• Owner, Kontoh Scott & Associates, P.C.
• Founding Member, Black History Month Awareness Club, Inc
• Founding Member, Black Bar Association of Will County
• Member & Past President, Bolingbrook Rotary Club
• Trustee, Bolingbrook Police Pension Board
• Member, Will County and DuPage Bar Association
• Member, DuPage NAACP
• Member, DCFS adoption panel
• Member, Illinois State Bar Association

Licensed State

• Illinois

Education

• Maurer School of Law at Indiana University Bloomington
  Juris Doctorate (JD)
• Adrian College
  BA in Sociology

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