Scott Peterson

I was born in Houston. My father was an FBI agent, who later practiced criminal defense law. My mother raised 4 children and was an English teacher. I attended high school in Dallas and college at U. Texas, Austin. After earning my law degree I worked in the appellate section of the Travis County DA's Office followed by private practice in Austin. I then was hired by the McLennan County DA's Office, where I rose to chief felony prosecutor. As of 2019 I have practiced law 35 years. I am a criminal law specialist. I have been a criminal defense attorney since 1989.

University of Houston - Main Campus

Doctor of Jurisprudence/Juris Doctor (J.D.) (1983) | Law

1981 - 1983

Activities: Assisted with the Harris County Indigent Defense program.

University of Texas - Austin

M.A. (1981) | Molecular gentetics/cancer research

1978 - 1981

Honors: Academic honor role

University of Texas - Austin

B.S. (1978) | Science

1974 - 1978

Honors: Science student of the year award.

Activities: Worked my way through college at the Austin State Hospital, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment Center. Also ran my father's campaign for judge in 1976.

President 1999-2002

McLennan County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association

Current

Constitutional Law - the 4th, 5th and 6th Amendments, M.C.C. Campus, Waco

September 4, 1987

U. Texas at Arlington

I taught constitutional law during a one-year period in which U.T.A. had an expansion campus at M.C.C., before a different university took over.

Voir dire in a criminal case, Waco, TX

September 26, 2000

McLennan County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association

I have given several talks to the local criminal bar association

Criminal Law

Texas State Bar

Texas State Bar  # 15836300

Member

1984 - Current

McLennan County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association

Past 3-term President

1999 - 2002

Activities: Re-formed the local criminal defense bar after it had been inactive for over 20 years

Texas

Since 1984