Mr. Durante is a graduate of California State University, Northridge, receiving his B.A. in 1986. He received his J.D. from McGeorge School of Law at the University of the Pacific in 1989. As an undergraduate, he was a member of Pi Sigma Alpha political science honor society. While attending McGeorge he was a Moot Court Best Oral Advocate finalist and a judicial intern with the Sacramento Superior Court.