About Robert L.
Robert L. Scott completed his legal studies at LaSalle University, earning an LL.B. in 1976 and completing a fourth-year California postgraduate law program in 1978. Those formative years set the stage for a career that moved between courtroom work, civic planning and organizational leadership. He entered the professional legal environment in the early 1980s and has maintained a presence in both public and private roles since then.
He has been recognized as a lawyer and counselor at law since 1982 and is authorized to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, the Ninth Circuit and in California. Court admissions and federal qualifications have allowed him to appear in a range of forums. In the early phase of his career he combined courtroom work with roles that reached into municipal affairs and regional governance.
Public service has figured prominently in his resume. In 1992 he served as President/Planning Commissioner for the City of Los Angeles Citywide Planning Department, a post that placed him at the intersection of land use policy and municipal operation. The following year he sat as a Judge Pro Tem at the Los Angeles Superior Court, handling matters on an interim judicial basis. He helped organize the Economic Alliance of the San Fernando Valley and served as its founding chair, president and CEO from 1994 to 1996. Later, he was the founding executive director of the San Fernando Valley Council of Governments, a joint powers authority he led from 2010 to 2013.
His professional affiliations extend beyond civic bodies. Records show long-standing listings as a lawyer and counselor before the Supreme Court of the United States and the United States District Court in California beginning in 1982. He also held a California real estate broker license between 1985 and 2005, a credential that complemented his municipal planning work and informed his dealings in property and land-use matters.
In private practice he is associated with Scott & Associates, Law Office LLP. His background blends litigation experience, administrative and municipal involvement, and practical knowledge of real estate regulation. He continues to practice law at Scott & Associates, handling matters that draw on his experience in real estate, municipal planning and related administrative issues.
