Scott Gottlieb is President of U.S. Compliance Consultants, LLC, a full-service consulting firm that specializes in compliance and registration services for state and SEC investment advisers.

Prior to founding U.S. Compliance Consultants, Scott served as President of both Massachusetts Compliance Consultants and Connecticut Compliance Consultants.  Based on his vision for a simplified model of providing compliance consulting solutions, these state-based companies emerged as a leading provider of compliance consulting services to small and mid-sized registered investment advisers, recognized throughout the industry for its dedication to client service. Scott also practiced corporate and securities law in the New York and Los Angeles offices of Kelley, Drye & Warren LLP, an international law firm, as well as with various state-based law firms. During the course of his legal career he has advised clients on federal securities regulation, investment adviser compliance, broker-dealer regulatory issues, venture capital financings and international joint ventures.

Scott is a frequent contributor to the Schwab Institutional Compliance Review newsletter and has been designated a compliance expert for AdvicePoint, the online investment adviser community sponsored by Reuters, the global information company. Scott is an honors graduate of Tufts University and the University of Connecticut School of Law. Prior to law school, Scott maintained his Series 7 license as a Financial Consultant with Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.

Scott lives in Wilton, Connecticut with his wife, daughter and apparently the entire deer population of Southwestern Connecticut.