Scott Butterfield
Vice Chair & Employee Owner
Board Member
A CPA with more than 30 years of experience in virtually all aspects of wealth management, Scott is a Vice Chair of the fiscal oversight committee at LNW. He also serves as advisor on client relationships bringing a wide range of expertise to help high and ultra-high net worth families and individuals attain life goals. Along with investment, tax, and wealth transfer strategies, Scott has decades of experience working with complex ownership and estate planning structures, including multigenerational trusts and family partnerships.
If you ask Scott what he enjoys most about his work, he will instantly tell you that it is the time spent getting to know clients and their families on a deep, personal level.
Scott’s career includes leadership positions at prominent accounting, consulting and investment firms. He was a founder of Filament LLC, a wealth advisory firm that merged with Laird Norton Wealth Management to create LNW.
- Certified Public Accountant (CFA)
- Master’s in Professional Accountancy (Taxation), University of Utah
- B.S. in Accounting, University of Utah
- Friends of the Children Seattle, former board member
- Youth coach and mentor
Long rides on his motorcycle; fishing the Yakima River, flying kites.
