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Mr. Bellido
earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Drew University,
where he graduated Magna Cum Laude, in 1992. He
was inducted into Drew University's Phi Beta Kappa
Chapter in 1992. Mr. Bellido earned his J.D. from
Columbia University Law School, where he was a
Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, in 1998. He is a member
of the bars of New Jersey and New York and gained
significant litigation and trial experience working
for the law firms of DLA Piper, Cadwalader Wickersham
& Taft and, most recently, Seyfarth Shaw.
Prior to being named Acting Director of the Division
on Civil Rights, he served as the Division’s
Chief of Staff. In that capacity, he oversaw personnel
and divisional operations, among other matters.
He was born and raised in Newark, New Jersey,
and currently resides in Bayonne, New Jersey with
his wife, Solangel Maldonado, a Seton Hall Law
School professor.
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