Ian E. Scott Esq. J.D.

Ever since he earned a Bachelor of Arts years ago, Ian E. Scott wondered if he should go to law school. When Mr. Scott graduated from college, he had a strong desire to go to law school, but at the age of 21, he--like many graduating students--did not have a clear picture of what he wanted to do. Instead of going to law school, he applied and was accepted to a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A) program and later became a Certified Public Accountant (CPA). Mr. Scott went on to have an interesting and lucrative career in investment banking and most recently worked in New York at Credit Suisse, a large Investment bank. After several years, his desire to be a lawyer did not go away, and while working full-time as an investment banker, he took the Law School Admission Test (LSAT), completed his law school application, and started law school on a part-time basis (four nights a week) at Brooklyn Law School. Even though Mr. Scott worked full-time, he was able to obtain top grades. He competed and was selected for Law Review as well as the law school's Moot Court honor society. Also, he conducted research for a professor and joined a few school organizations. After a year of part-time studies, Mr. Scott realized that being a lawyer was his calling. He resigned from his high-paying Wall Street banking job and decided to go to law school on a full-time basis. Mr. Scott applied to some of the "big"-name schools including Harvard , Columbia, and New York University. The day Mr. Scott received a call from Harvard Law School was one of the happiest days of his life, and in July, he accepted Harvard's offer to attend law school and moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts. After spending the summer of his first year of law school at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, he arrived at Harvard Law School, and almost as soon as he arrived, the on-campus interview process started. This was also right around the time that the economy became very poor and law firms were revoking offers, deferring start dates, and canceling interviews. Mr. Scott was nonetheless very successful during the recruitment process and ended up with multiple offers for summer employment. He decided to accept an offer from Cleary Gottlieb, a large Wall Street corporate law firm in New York and spent his second summer with this firm. After Mr. Scott graduated from Harvard Law School, he successfully completed the New York and New Jersey bar examinations and started working full-time at Cleary Gottlieb. He worked there in both their litigation and corporate groups and then decided to branch out on his own and opened his own law practice. He currently runs his own law firm, Scott Legal, P.C., in New York, specializing in new business setup and business immigration. Mr. Scott has been extensively featured in many publications including; Forbes, Above the Law, Lexis/Nexis, The Student Appeal Journal, The Girl's Guide to Law School, Ms. JD, Lawyerist, Bloomberg & other Journals. Mr. Scott lives in Manhattan, New York, with his spouse and two lovely daughters.