Jonathan Scott

Jonathan Scott advises individuals, companies, and regulated entities as they navigate government investigations, white collar litigation, and internal compliance and governance matters. Drawing on his experience at the SEC, as a global chief compliance officer, and in private practice, he helps clients avoid government scrutiny, manage risk, and respond effectively to complex internal and external challenges.

Before joining CM Law in 2025, Jonathan spent 15 years at the SEC in Washington, D.C. and Fort Worth, where he supervised and led dozens of high-profile investigations involving insider trading, market manipulation, accounting fraud, offering fraud, investment adviser and broker-dealer misconduct, whistleblower retaliation, and foreign corruption. He regularly coordinated on these matters with the U.S. Department of Justice, FBI, FINRA, state securities regulators, and major stock exchanges and financial institutions. During his time at the SEC, Jonathan was awarded five Enforcement Director awards and the Chairman’s Award for Excellence in Technology.  He also served as Co-Chair of the Division of Enforcement Technology Committee and as a member of the Enforcement Cross-Border Working Group and the Enforcement Training Committee.

In addition, for six years, Jonathan served as global Chief Compliance Officer of Gerson Lehrman Group, the world’s largest expert network. Leading a 70-person global team, he built compliance systems for more than 2,500 employees and one million experts, trained employees and clients worldwide, and worked with leading financial institutions and public companies to manage issues such as dissemination of material nonpublic information, conflicts of interest, bad actor risk, and operations in high-risk jurisdictions.

Earlier in his career, Jonathan practiced at Fried Frank in Washington, D.C., representing public companies, Big Four accounting firms, a major stock exchange, and individuals in SEC enforcement matters, internal investigations, and civil litigation.

At CM Law, in addition to advocating for clients faced with government investigations and litigation, Jonathan leverages the firm’s expertise in corporate and securities, employment and labor, sanctions, trade, technology, artificial intelligence, intellectual property, data privacy, cybersecurity, bankruptcy, and tax law to lead internal investigations, support due diligence, and advise boards and management teams on their compliance and risk management programs. Jonathan also advises expert networks and their clients on their compliance programs and issues unique to the expert network industry.