Scott Douglas Benner

Mr. Scott D.
Benner is a Principal at Kutscher Benner Barsness & Stevens, Inc. He is a member of the investment committee and practices law in the adjunct areas of private investments and estate planning.
Drawing on 15 years of experience organizing investment funds, structuring venture capital deals, and advising on equity compensation arrangements, he also plays a distinctive role in assisting firm clients with the integration of their restricted stock, stock options, and real estate and other alternative investments into their overall financial picture.
He also takes a lead role in examining private funds and other alternative investments for the firm’s investment committee.
Mr. Benner commenced his law practice in Seattle at Bogle & Gates LLP and joined Heller Ehrman LLP in 1994.
His practice then included public company work, venture capital financings, mutual fund organization and investment advisor compliance.
After briefly serving as general counsel of Ride, Inc., he returned to Heller Ehrman in 1996, served clients from its Singapore and Hong Kong offices, became a partner and concentrated his practice on hedge funds and venture capital formation and investment.
Scott returned to the U.S.
in 2003 to practice in Heller's Seattle and San Francisco offices, where he concentrated on organizing venture capital, real estate, buyout and hedge funds.
Mr. Benner graduated magna cum laude from Pacific Lutheran University in 1988 with departmental honors in economics.
He went on to law school at New York University and graduated cum laude in 1991.