Dennis deLeon, Esq.

Mr. deLeon worked as a law clerk for the California Court of Appeals, an associate at Los Angeles' Kadison, Pfaelzer, Woodward, Quinn & Rossi, a trial attorney for the United States Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., and regional counsel to California Rural Legal Assistance. Mr. deLeon began his New York career at the Office of the Corporation Counsel, where as a senior assistant corporation counsel he focused on civil rights cases and supervised police misconduct actions. At the same time, in 1986 he was appointed director of the Mayor's Commission on Latino Concerns. In 1988, he became deputy Manhattan borough president and in 1990, Mayor David Dinkins appointed Mr. deLeon chair of the New York City Commission on Human Rights. He returned to private practice in early 1994 and since September of 1994, has served as president of the Latino Commission on AIDS. Currently a member of the New York State Bar Association and the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Mr. deLeon is the city council designee from Manhattan and has been a board member since October 2003.

J.D., 1974, Stanford Law School; B.A., 1970, Occidental College

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