Scott C. Ilgenfritz

Experience

Scott has been with Johnson Pope for his entire legal career, beginning in 1984. In 2024, Scott became certified by the Florida Supreme Court as a Circuit Civil Mediator. After 40 years of litigating business and commercial disputes and arbitrating and litigating securities disputes, Scott is transitioning his practice to full time mediation. His website for his mediation practice with Johnson Pope is ScottIlgenfritzMediation.com.

In his commercial and business litigation practice, Scott represented individuals and entities in a wide range of matters, including contract litigation, fraud and breach of fiduciary duty claims, business tort claims, limited liability company and corporate litigation, joint venture disputes, shareholder disputes, legal and accounting malpractice claims, securities arbitration and litigation, real estate litigation, construction litigation, and a variety of other business litigation matters.

In 1992, Scott began representing investors in securities arbitration and litigation matters. Since the late 1990s, a primary focus of Scott’s practice was representing investors in arbitration proceedings and in state and federal courts, pursuing claims against stockbrokers, investment advisors, insurance agents, broker/dealers, and other financial professionals.

Licensing & Admissions 

• Admitted to The Florida Bar – 1984
• Board Certified Business Litigation Lawyer – 1997
• Admitted to U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida – 1984, Southern District, Florida – 2019
• Admitted to U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit – 1998

Distinctions & Memberships

• Peer selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® in the practice area of Commercial Litigation, 2012, and the practice areas of Litigation-Securities, Commercial Litigation, and Litigation-Trust & Estates, since 2013
• The Best Lawyers in America® Litigation-Securities “Lawyer of the Year” 2020; 2024 – Tampa, FL.
• Florida Super Lawyers – 2006-2014; 2024 through present
• AV^® rated in Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory since 1999
• Board Certified by The Florida Bar in the practice area of Business Litigation since 1997
• Member of the Hillsborough County Bar Association, 1990-Present

Education 

• Vanderbilt University B.A., cum laude – 1979
• University of Florida J.D., with honors – 1983

When He’s Not Working Hard for Clients 

Scott enjoys spending time with his family, golfing and exercising.