Jaime A. Leaños was born and raised in San Jose, California.  He graduated from San Diego State University and University of San Francisco School of Law. He worked as an attorney for the Santa Clara County Public Defender’s Office from 1993-2000 and has been in private practice since 2000 with the Morales & Leaños Law Firm.  Mr. Leaños handles  Civil Rights cases and specializes in excessive force and officer involved shootings. He is widely recognized as one of the best Criminal Defense and Civil Rights attorneys in the Bay Area. Mr. Leaños also handles personal injury and criminal cases. He speaks Spanish fluently and he is the principal attorney of "Abogados de la Bahía" and "Defensores de la Bahía" .

Attorney Jaime A Leaños is frequently consulted in high profile cases and has appeared as a legal analyst for NBC, Telemundo, Univisión Noticias, and the San Jose Mercury News.