Overview
Kamillia Scott is senior counsel and a member of Chapman’s Commercial Lending Group and Public and Institutional Banking & Finance Group. She represents commercial lenders in structuring and documenting real estate financing transactions, including construction and permanent loans, asset-based financings, lines of credit, and revolving and term loan facilities. She also advises foreign and domestic credit providers on bank facilities that provide credit enhancement and liquidity support for tax-exempt securities, as well as on the direct purchase of tax-exempt securities.
Prior to joining Chapman, Kamillia practiced law with an Am Law 50 firm where she focused her practice on real estate finance, representing institutional lenders in commercial transactions across multifamily, hotel, retail, and mixed-use asset classes.
Practice Focus
Memberships
Jackson County Bar Association
- Treasurer
Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Foundation
- Board of Directors, 2022-2025
KCMBF's Student Law Academy
- Mentor, Prior Committee Chair, and Speaker
Missouri Bar Association
Honors & Awards
Women’s Justice Award for Transactional Law, Missouri Lawyers Media, 2026
Recognized by Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America in Real Estate Law, 2026
Ingram’s Magazine Class of “20 in Their Twenties” Honoree, 2023
Missouri Bar Young Lawyers’ Section Chair Award, 2022
Admitted
Missouri
Admitted in Missouri only. Provides services in association with and under the direct supervision of firm partners licensed to practice in Illinois.
Education
University of Virginia School of Law, J.D., 2019
- Staff Editor, Virginia Journal of Criminal Law
University of Pennsylvania, B.A., with honors, 2016
