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Jeffrey Scott

Jeffrey Scott

USA 2026

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About

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Practice Areas

Securities, antitrust, and corporate governance litigation, criminal defense and regulatory investigations, trial and appellate

Career

Jeff Scott is a partner in S&C’s Litigation Group and Co-Head of the Firm’s Securities Litigation Group. Jeff has secured significant successes for clients in a wide range of areas, including securities, antitrust, and commercial civil litigation and regulatory and criminal investigations, as well as in other bet-the-company actions during the past twenty-five years. Barclays, Goldman Sachs, Rocket Companies, Banco Popular, Adient, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Diebold Nixdorf and other corporations and financial institutions have turned to Jeff for their most pressing representations. Jeff has successfully defended Barclays on numerous occasions, including in a trial of a hedge fund’s alleged $1 billion plus contract claim, which involved a derivatives transaction that was terminated during the height of the financial crisis. As a generalist, Jeff has also represented corporations and financial institutions in a number of prominent SEC and DOJ investigations and regulatory enforcement proceedings involving allegations of securities fraud and money laundering and antitrust, CFTC, OFAC and Bank Secrecy Act violations. Jeff has obtained a number of non-public declinations in regulatory and criminal investigations. Jeff served as a law clerk to the Honorable Clarence Newcomer, United States District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania (1996-1998).

As a generalist, Jeff has also represented corporations and financial institutions in a number of prominent SEC and DOJ investigations and regulatory enforcement proceedings involving allegations of securities fraud and money laundering and antitrust, CFTC, OFAC and Bank Secrecy Act violations. Jeff has obtained a number of non-public declinations in regulatory and criminal investigations.

Jeff served as a law clerk to the Honorable Clarence Newcomer, United States District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania (1996-1998).

Personal

Brooklyn Law School (J.D., 1996); Providence College (B.A., 1993)

Chambers Review

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Chambers Guide to the USA

Litigation: Securities - New York

Band 2
Band 2

Individual Editorial
Jeffrey Scott is well versed in a range of commercial litigation concerns, and regularly acts for financial institutions and corporate issuers in complex securities class actions.

Strengths

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  • He is smart, client-friendly and always available.

    Litigation: SecuritiesChambers Guide to the USA
  • Jeff has subject matter expertise and he's a strategic thinker.

    Litigation: SecuritiesChambers Guide to the USA
  • Jeff is an extremely qualified and experienced securities litigator. His sophisticated understanding of the legal and business issues is of tremendous value to us. His service level is also outstanding.

    Litigation: SecuritiesChambers Guide to the USA

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