Attorney Biography
Jed Leano is an Immigration Law Attorney in private practice in Los Angeles, CA. He handles all immigration law matters, including deportation defense, green card applications (family and employment based), work-related visas, naturalization applications, asylum, and immigration appeals.
Mr. Leano has successfully tried and won deportation cases on behalf of numerous refugees seeking protection from torture and persecution in their home countries. Most notably, he has successfully defended numerous victims of religious persecution and victims of domestic violence in deportation proceedings before the United States Immigration Court.
Prior to starting his own law practice, Mr. Leano worked in Granada Hills, CA and Cherry Hill, NJ handling immigration law cases. Mr. Leano has served as legal counsel for the Fairview Village Association in Camden, NJ, an urban revitalization program started by the State of New Jersey and Rutgers University. He has also served one summer in the Santa Ana City Attorney’s Office working on complex civil litigation matters and housing regulations.
Prior to studying law, Mr. Leano spent several years working in politics and education. He has staffed several national Democratic campaigns, staffed both federal and state legislative offices, staffed congressional district offices, and worked as an energy lobbyist in Mexicali, B.C., Mexico. During his years working in politics, Mr. Leano advised democratic legislators and candidates on an array of issues including health care, education, workplace safety, economic development, and gun control. Mr. Leano has also spent several summers working at Stanford University and Northwestern University educating high school students in law, politics, and communication.
Mr. Leano is also a tireless community advocate, having served as the 80th President of the storied Pasadena Junior Chamber of Commerce and as one of the founding board members for Justice for Our Neighbors of Southern California, a pro bono immigration law clinic run monthly at Rosewood United Methodist Church in Los Angeles, CA.
Mr. Leano was admitted to practice law by the New Jersey Supreme Court in February 2006. He obtained his Juris Doctor from Rutgers School of Law in May 2005 and Bachelor of Arts from the University of Kentucky in May 2001.
Mr. Leano appears on the Crown City News to promote the Pasadena Jaycees