Scott A. Reno is a proud East Bay Area native-born and raised in Livermore, California and South Bay Area resident since Fall 2013. In 2013, Scott Reno graduated Magna Cum Laude from San Diego State University with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science with a minor in Psychology. 

Scott joined the Law Offices of B J Fadem & Associates in the summer of 2016 where he served as a Law Clerk before being promoted to Associate Attorney upon his passage of the California Bar Examination in Spring 2017. Scott currently serves as our Managing Attorney. 

Scott represents clients in all facets of family law, including high conflict custody/visitation cases, high asset property division, breaches of fiduciary duties, child support, spousal support, support arrearages, Domestic Violence Restraining Orders, adoptions, and all other aspects in between. Scott has also accumulated years of experience in cases pertaining to international and interstate child abductions cases derived from either the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction or the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (UCCJEA). Scott’s work has resulted in being chosen by SuperLawyers as a Northern California Rising Star from 2023 to 2025. 

Scott has been an active member of the Santa Clara Bar Association from the start of his career. Since 2020, Scott has served as co-chair of the Family Law Section Social Committee. 

Scott received his Juris Doctorate from Santa Clara University School of Law. While in Law School, Scott was highly active in both the Santa Clara Family Law and Social Justice programs, where he served as President of the Santa Clara University Family Law Society and dedicating his time to assisting low-income litigants to obtain legal guidance and representation for their Family Law matters.

During his first summer of law school, Scott worked full time at the San Mateo County Law Facilitators Office in Redwood City Courthouse where he assisted with an average of 10-12 individual cases each day regarding various family law issues and assisted in the preparation of Domestic Violence Restraining Orders for Pro Per litigants at Trial. Inspired by his work, Scott worked full time at Bay Area Legal Aid in Redwood City for his second summer of law school. During his time there, Scott conducted several weekly Domestic Violence Restraining Order clinics helping Domestic Violence survivors prepare and file Restraining Orders. Scott also provided legal representation in Court for Domestic Violence survivors as a Certified Law Student.

In his spare time, Scott enjoys playing basketball, listening to and performing music, walking his dog, searching for new restaurants to try, playing video games, and binging TV Shows and Movies alike. Scott is the guy you want on your trivia team. Scott is also an avid bay area sports fan, notably the San Jose Sharks and Golden State Warriors in addition to his [admittedly] non-bay area sports teams, the Los Angeles (San Diego in spirit) Chargers,  Chelsea Football Club, and Doosan Bears (located in Seoul, Korea).