Scott T. Mendeloff
Recognized since 2006
Chicago, Illinois
Commercial Litigation
Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Scott Mendeloff combines an 11-year tenure as a former federal prosecutor with more than 19 years of experience in private practice. He focuses his practice on commercial trials and white collar criminal litigation. Scott has been consistently recognized by Chambers USA in the area of commercial litigation and by Leading Lawyers in the areas of commercial and white collar litigation. Scott has tried to conclusion more than 50 cases in a wide array of areas in both the civil and criminal arenas in federal and state courts around the country.
Scott's international client base extends from publicly traded corporations in the United States and the European Union to individuals. Scott's recent trial victories in federal and state courts have included cases involving contract breaches, breach of fiduciary duty, piercing domestic and offshore trusts and corporate veils, trade secrets, various bankruptcy adversary proceedings and all manner of fraud. He has also argued numerous cases before federal courts of appeals.
Beyond trial work, Scott has delivered results in the commercial and white collar areas alike. In addition to the foregoing areas, his commercial litigation experience has involved the prosecution and defense of actions in areas including D&O actions, accountant's liability, SEC investigations, antitrust violations, civil RICO, state and federal banking regulation, securities, and a variety of federal and state regulatory cases. Scott's white collar practice has spanned all manner of fraud cases, including health care, bank, tax and bankruptcy fraud; the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act; federal, state and local regulatory matters, including nuclear regulatory and environmental law; numerous internal investigations, frequently centering on the financial industry; and the creation and policing of corporate compliance programs.
From 1986-1997, Scott served in the U.S. Department of Justice, during which time he tried more than 40 cases to federal juries and supervised hundreds of investigations. In 1996-1997, he served as one of the primary trial lawyers in the prosecution of Timothy McVeigh for the Oklahoma City bombing. Prior to that, Scott supervised the Criminal and Special Prosecutions Divisions of the Chicago U.S. Attorney's Office and focused on complex financial crime and public corruption prosecutions, where his jury trial convictions included four cases against former Cook County Circuit Court Judges. The Justice Department awarded Scott the Attorney General's Award, the Director's Award and other commendations.
A frequent guest legal analyst on national and local television programs, Scott has appeared on numerous programs, including: "The Rachel Maddow Show," "Hardball with Chris Matthews," "The Abrams Report," "PBS NewsHour," CNN News and "Chicago Tonight."
- 77 West Wacker Drive, Suite 3100
Chicago, IL 60601
- Georgetown University, J.D., graduated 1983
- Georgetown University, MS, graduated 1987
- Illinois, Illinois State Bar Association
- American Bar Association - Member
- Board of Directors, Anti-Defamation League - Member
- Chicago Council of Lawyers - Member
597 The Best Lawyers in America® awards
284 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America awards
- Commercial Litigation
- Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Fraud
- White-Collar Criminal Defense
- AV Preeminent® 5.0 out of 5
- U.S. Department of Justice: Attorney General’s Award (highest aware in U.S. DOJ), Director’s Award, and numerous other commendations
- Chambers USA Guide
- Benchmark Litigation Guide, Illinois "Litigation Star," 2010
- Winning Team, Global M&A Network’s 2012 Turnaround Atlas Award for "Private Equity Turnaround of the Year" for the Chapter 11 reorganization and acquisition of American Laser Skincare LLC
- Winning Team, Global M&A Network’s 2012 Turnaround Atlas Award for "Private Equity Turnaround of the Year" for the Chapter 11 reorganization and acquisition of American Laser Skincare LLC
- Leading Lawyers Network, 2011-2014
- Super Lawyers magazine, Illinois Super Lawyers, 2006, 2008-2014
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