Scott is principal at finLawyer.com and General Counsel of FundAmerica. Scott Andersen is principal at Andersen PC, a securities regulatory and defense law firm. Mr. Andersen from March 2012 to February 2015 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 office and managed the West region’s attorneys. Mr. Andersen has broad experience with regulatory investigations and enforcement actions. He has led complex criminal and civil prosecutions for the New York State Attorney General’s office, the New York Stock Exchange and FINRA. He has worked on significant matters involving: pump and dump frauds, illegal stock distributions in violation of Section 5, insider trading, research analysts conflicts of interest, market timing/late trading, enterprise corruption, stock manipulation, improper sales of complex products, and supervision and supervisory control systems. 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, Office of the New York State Attorney General, NYC, June 1999 to August 2003; and Assistant Attorney General, Office of the New York State Attorney General, NYC, August 1995 to June 1999. He is a cum laude graduate of Albany Law School and is admitted in New York, Massachusetts (inactive) and Arizona.