About Scott C. Matasar
Practice Areas
- White Collar Crime
- Securities
- Insurance
- Business Law
- Litigation
- Appellate
Education
- Boston University School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts, 1995J.D.
- Honors: With Honors
- Law Journal: International Law Journal, Managing Editor
- Columbia College, 1992B.A.
Classes and Seminars
- Taking and Defending Effective Depositions, Lorman Education Services Seminar, 2008 - Present
- Top Tips for Avoiding Arbitration and Minimizing Exposure, Client Presentation, May 31, 2007 - Present
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Ohio
- New York
- Maryland
- New Jersey
- U.S. District Court Southern District of New York
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Ohio
Other Affiliations
- Cleveland chapter of the American Jewish Committee (AJC) (First Vice President, Trustee, member of Executive Committee)
- Congregation B’Nai Jeshurun (Trustee, co-chair of Constitutional Review committee)
- Gross Schechter Day School (Trustee)
- Cleveland Jewish Federation’s Young Leadership Division (Board Member)
Past Positions
- Montfort, Healy, McGuire & Salley, Associate
- Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer, Associate
Articles
Published Works
- Primer on Subprime Litigation, Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, April, 2008
- Quoted in Subprime Becomes Primetime at Calfee, Crain’s Cleveland Business, February, 2008
- Quoted in Foreclosure Class Action Could Spark Copycats, Crain’s Cleveland Business, February, 2008
- New SEC Anti-Fraud Rule Has Sweeping Implications, Securities Law 360, October, 2007
- New SEC Anti-Fraud Rule Impacts Hedge Funds, Private Equity Funds, Other Pooled Investment Vehicles, Mondaq.com, October, 2007
- SEC Closely Eyeing Private Investment Funds, Advisor Actions, Crain’s Cleveland Business, September, 2007
- Privilege Protected with New Government Safeguards, Baltimore Business Journal, April, 2007
- Companies Have New Safeguards in Government Investigations, Columbus Business First, April, 2007
- Impact of the McNulty Memorandum on Corporate Investigations, Cleveland Securities Law Inst, February, 2007
- SEC’s Authority Over Hedge Funds Short-Lived, Calfee Insights, Vol. IV, Issue 3, Fall, 2006
- Investigation Into Backdated Options Grants Latest Pitfall for Publicly-Trade Companies, Crain’s Cleveland Business, September, 2006
Office Info
Nearby Lawyers
- White Collar Crime
- Securities
- Insurance
- Business Law
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