Rick Scott

Mr. Ralph R.
Scott is Chief Investment Officer at L&S Advisors, Inc. He draws upon his expertise in opportunistic, risk-managed investing and complex securities to actively manage portfolios for the firm’s high-net worth clients.
His distinguished career in asset management and securities law spans more than three decades.
Since the inception of L&S Advisors in 1979, Mr. Scott has played various financial management roles.
In his early career as Partner and Co-Founder, he managed a variety of funds and individual accounts using options, deal arbitrage, and hedge fund strategies.
He specialized in risk arbitrage during its peak in the late 70s through the 80s.
Following the acquisition of L&S Advisors in 1997 by Merrill Lynch, he continued to manage client portfolios under full discretion within the brokerage firm environment.
In May 2006, he and his partner, Mr. Sy Richard Lippman, reestablished L&S Advisors as a fee-only registered investment advisor (RIA).
Previously, Mr. Scott was a Senior Trial Attorney for the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission and was associated with the firm of Haberman, Klein and Kassoy as Of Counsel specializing in Securities Law and Securities Litigation.
He holds a B.A.
from the University of Vermont and a Juris Doctorate from George Washington University School of Law, Washington, D.C.