David C. Laredo is a founding partner for De Lay & Laredo, and has served as its managing partner since 1987.  Mr. Laredo specialized in representing public agencies and non-profit agencies, and has extensive experience in municipal law, water law, public utilities law and adoptions law.

Mr. Laredo is a graduate of University of California, Los Angeles (B.A. English), Southwestern University of Law (J.D.), and London School of Economics, Directors Leadership Institute.  He has been admitted to practice before the following courts: California Supreme Court, United States Court of Military Appeals, 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. Laredo served as Deputy County Counsel for the County of Monterey, and as the Staff Judge Advocate assigned to the Naval Postgraduate School, U.S. Naval Judge Advocate General Corps.  Mr. Laredo has teaching experience at the following institutions: Monterey College of Law, Monterey Peninsula College and San Jose State University, Graduate School of Engineering.

Mr. Laredo has served for many years on the Monterey Credit Union Board of Directors, the Kinship Center Board of Directors, Scoutmaster for B.S.A. Troop 90 (Pacific Grove, CA) and on the Board of Directors for the Monterey Bay Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America.

Mr. Laredo has published the following articles:  Avoid Consensus Killers, The CEO/Board Bond, Consensus is the Key and Taking 'Charge' of Board Committees. He has been listed in the following publications: Who's Who in American Law, Who's Who in California, Who's Who in the West.