Paul R. De Lay is a founding partner of De Lay & Laredo, specializing in public agency and education law.  Mr. De Lay is a graduate from the University of Notre Dame and Georgetown University Law School.  He has been admitted to practice before the District of Columbia, and the following courts: California Supreme Court, United States Supreme Court, U.S. District Court, Northern District, and the U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Before forming the firm of De Lay & Laredo, Mr. De Lay served as County Counsel for the County of Monterey, as Deputy District Attorney in Monterey County, and for the U.S. Naval Judge Advocate General Corps.  Mr. 
De Lay currently devotes much of his time in pro-bono service for charitable, non-profit, and religious organizations.

Mr. De Lay has served 15 years on the Del Monte Forest land Use Advisory Committee, as chairman for 11 years, and 35 years as a parish and finance council member, St. Angela Merici Church, Pacific Grove.