About Scott C. Ilgenfritz

Scott Ilgenfritz is a securities arbitration and litigation lawyer, and in 1997, was designated by The Florida Bar as a Board Certified Business Litigation Specialist. He has achieved an AV® rating in the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory – the very highest peer-review rating in the legal profession, for professional ability and adherence to professional standards of conduct and ethics, reliability, and diligence.

For over 18 years, Scott has been representing investors in securities arbitration and litigation proceedings against stockbrokers, broker/dealers, and investment advisors. Since 1992, representing investors as their securities litigation lawyer has become a principal focus of Scott’s practice.

Scott has spent more than a decade as a member of the Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association (“PIABA”), a national organization of claimants’ arbitration attorneys, which is dedicated to protecting investor rights and to improving the fairness of the arbitration process for investors. He is a current member of the Board of Directors of Piaba.

He has presented lectures at a number of securities arbitration seminars, including the Practicing Law Institute’s Securities Arbitration Seminar and at PIABA annual and mid-year meetings. His lecture topics include:

  • “Closing Argument: Convincing the Arbitrators that your Client Should Win”
  • “Florida Securities and Investor Protection Act: Liability, Secondary Liability and Statutes of Limitations”
  • “Issues with Investment Advisors – Causes of Action, Arbitrability, and Brokerage Firm Liability”
  • “The Securities Arbitration Practice”
  • “A Fresh Look at Suitability”

Scott has spent his entire legal career with Johnson, Pope, Bokor, Ruppel & Burns, LLP where his business litigation experience includes representing individuals, corporations, partnerships, and other entities in securities, contract, corporate, real estate, real estate commission, and construction disputes. In addition to his practice representing investors in securities arbitration and litigation matters, Scott continues his business litigation practice.

Licensing & Admissions

  • The Florida Bar
  • U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit

Memberships & Designations

  • Hillsborough County Bar Association
  • Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association and member of PIABA Board of Directors, 2009-2011
  • Board Certified Business Litigation Specialist – The Florida Bar
  • AV® rating in the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory
  • Recognized by Florida Trend Magazine in 2006 as a member of Florida’s Legal Elite in the practice area of commercial litigation
  • Recognized by Law & Politics publication in 2006 as a Florida Super Lawyer in the practice area of securities litigation and in 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010 in the practice area of business litigation

Education

  • University of Florida, College of Law – Juris Doctor, with honors, 1983
  • College: Vanderbilt University – B.A. in English, cum laude, 1979