Scott Behrendt received his BA in Business Economics from the University of California, Santa Barbara, with Highest Honors (top 15 students), and his JD cum laude from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles (top 3 students), where he was a member of the Order of the Coif, received numerous American Jurisprudence awards, and founded the Loyola Law School Criminal Law Society.
Scott clerked for the Hon. Harvey A. Schneider (Ret.), Los Angeles Superior Court.