Candidate for
City Council Member; City of Lomita

MANUEL DURAN for LOMITA CITY COUNCIL 25346 1/2 Oak Street, Lomita, CA 90717 H: (310) 534-2330 W: (323) 913-0058

EDUCATION

BOSTON COLLEGE LAW SCHOOL, JD, Newton, MA 1993 CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY, MA Education, Orange, CA 1990 UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY, BS, West Point, NY 1985

EMPLOYMENT

DURÁN & FLANAGAN, LLP, Los Angeles, CA

Partner, 4/99 to Present

BET TZEDEK LEGAL SERVICES, Los Angeles, CA

Home Equity Fraud Prevention Task Force,
8/93 to 3/99
Represented senior citizen homeowners in
litigation against lenders, brokers, and
contractors. Conducted community education
throughout Los Angeles County together with the
Los Angeles County Area Agency on Aging.
Participated in legislative activities.

SHELTER LEGAL SERVICES FOUNDATION, Boston, MA

Director, Co-Founder, 1/90 to 5/93
Supervised legal clinics at a homeless veterans
shelter and battered women?s shelter. Supervised
80 volunteer law students.

UNITED STATES ARMY, 8/80 to 8/90

LEGISLATION

1999 SB 187 Hughes - Protects senior citizen homeowners from foreclose in certain home improvement loan transactions.

VOLUNTEER

City of Lomita - Community Development Advisory Board L. A. County D.A.'s Real Estate Fraud Task Force; Los Angeles Center for Law & Justice; Southern California Consumer Law Center

AWARD

Equal Justice Fellowship, National Association for Public Interest Law

PUBLISHED CASE

Annie Louise Jones v. Adams Financial Services, et al., C.A. 2d, B122159 (Super. Ct. No. BC183813)