Combining both legal and technical expertise, Scott Guarcello’s practice focuses on e-discovery, including topics concerning information governance, preservation, ESI protocols, protective orders, data collection, large-scale document review workflows leveraging technology-based analytical tools, document requests and related responses and objections, and production analyses and management. With 15 years of significant complex e-discovery experience, Mr. Guarcello brings an expertise honed by the numerous e-discovery services and training programs that he created, led, and contributed to in key roles while serving as a Senior Managing Attorney for a global e-discovery consulting and services provider.
As a core member of the Firm’s litigation practice group, Mr. Guarcello has contributed to the successful settlement recoveries obtained on behalf of investors, including In re Apache Corp. Securities Litig.; In re FibroGen, Inc. Securities Litig.; City of Hollywood Police Officers’ Retirement System and Pembroke Pines Pension Fund for Firefighters and Police Officers v. Henry Schein, Inc.; Plymouth County Retirement System v. Patterson Companies, Inc.; Peace Officers’ Annuity and Benefit Fund of Georgia v. DaVita Inc.; and In re Wells Fargo & Company Shareholder Derivative Litig.
Mr. Guarcello earned a Bachelor of Science from Stetson University and received a Juris Doctor from Florida International University where he graduated cum laude with a concentration in securities law. He was a regular recipient of the Dean’s List Award and received the CALI Book Awards for the Complex Litigation and Corporate Tax courses.
Mr. Guarcello has been awarded Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America 2023-2026, Palm Beach Illustrated “Top Attorney” 2020-2022, Super Lawyers “Rising Star” 2020, and the Florida Trend “Legal Elite” Award 2017-2018, and holds extensive e-discovery-related certifications. As an active participant in the e-discovery community, Mr. Guarcello has been a guest speaker for both small and large groups and is a member of The Sedona Conference. Mr. Guarcello also serves as the 2025-2026 Chair of the Animal Law Section of The Florida Bar.