Scott Furst Furst

Scott Furst is a member of Sichenzia Ross Ference Carmel’s Business Litigation & Arbitration, Broker-Dealer Regulation and Compliance Groups. He has extensive civil litigation, regulatory action, corporate and regulatory investigations and enforcement defense experience with a specialization in securities, business, complex commercial litigation and employment matters involving senior executives, including with regard to contract disputes, investor, shareholder and member disputes, covenants litigation and statutory discrimination claims, in state and federal courts, before the Securities and Exchange Commission, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, American Arbitration Association, and JAMS.

Mr. Furst also routinely advises, negotiates, and drafts employment and transactional agreements for senior executives across all business sectors, including officers and investors in the fund structure and formation space for private equity funds, hedge funds, real estate funds and hybrid vehicles for alternative investments. Mr. Furst also counsels and represents public and private companies, officers, directors, shareholders, investors, broker-dealers, clearing firms, registered investment advisors, private investment firms, special purpose and alternative investment vehicles, investment managers and registered persons in all transactional, compliance and litigation matters.

Articles & Publications

• Sichenzia Ross Ference Carmel LLP Litigation Partners Michael Ference and Scott Furst Resolve SEC Enforcement Action After Securing Broad Dismissal of Securities Law Claims And Handing SEC A Rare Defeat On Section 5 Liability
• CLIENT ALERT: Employer and Employee Update on Nationwide Ban of Non-competes – “Wait and See” or “Roll The Dice”
• CLIENT ALERT: What you need to know about the FTC’s Historic Ban on Non-competes
• Sichenzia Ross Ference Carmel LLP’s Litigation Partner Scott Furst Wins First-Impression Victory For New Jersey Limited Liability Company’s Expulsion of Alleged Member
• Sichenzia Ross Ference LLP Wins Jury Trial, Defeats Post-Trial Defense Motions and Secures Expulsion and Disassociation of New Jersey LLC Member.
• “Regulation Best Interest” Is Nearly Here. What Regulators Want to See. What Broker-Dealers Need to Know and Do.
• 60 Days and Counting: “Regulation Best Interest” is nearly here
• Sichenzia Ross Ference Litigation Partners Marc Ross and Scott Furst Prevail on Multiple Appeals on Behalf of Client in a Multi-Year Southampton Property Dispute
• Litigation Partner Scott Furst Successfully Defeats Appeal In $10,000,000 Insurance Dispute
• NJ Bureau of Securities Proposes New Rule to Create State-Level Fiduciary Duties For Broker-Dealers, Associated Persons, Investment Advisers and Investment Adviser Representatives

Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Furst was associated with various New York law firms and the New York City Law Department where he also litigated and counseled clients with respect to commercial, insurance, and employment matters.

American University Washington College of Law, J.D. 2000 – Articles Editor, American University Law Review & Member of the General Practice Clinic

American University, B.A., Political Science, 1994

Mr. Furst is licensed to appear before the courts of the State of New York and the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.