Scott Matthew Andersen

Scott Andersen is principal at Andersen, P.C. (finLawyer.com), a SEC and FINRA defense law firm with a national practice originating in Manhattan. Mr. Andersen started Andersen, P.C. in 2015 and has focused primarily on securities regulatory defense and complicated securities and cryptocurrency/blockchain matters. Prior to private practice, Mr. Andersen was deputy Regional Chief Counsel at the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) in Los Angeles, where he oversaw all FINRA enforcement cases prosecuted by the Los Angeles o?ice and managed the West region’s (Los Angeles, San Francisco, Denver and Seattle) attorneys (March 2012 to February 2015). His earlier positions include: Enforcement Director, FINRA, NYC, July 2007 to March 2012; Enforcement Director, NYSE Regulation, Inc., NYC, December 2004 to July 2007; Trial Counsel/Senior Special Counsel, NYSE Regulation, Inc., NYC, August 2003 to December 2004; Co-Chief, Securities Prosecutions Unit, Bureau of Investor Protection and Securities, O?ice of the New York State Attorney General, NYC, June 1999 to August 2003; and Assistant Attorney General, O?ice of the New York State Attorney General, NYC, August 1995 to June 1999. Mr. Andersen was an Adjunct Professor at Albany Law School, where he taught on securities fraud and financial crime. He is a member of the Executive Council, Securities Regulation Section of the State Bar of Arizona.