Summary
Livio De La Cruz is a nonprofit attorney and former software engineer with 13 years of experience bridging technology, grassroots organizing, and transactional legal work for mission-driven organizations. Born in the Dominican Republic and now based in Seattle, he leverages hands-on experience founding and supporting grassroots nonprofits to advise on entity formation, 501(c)(3) compliance, contracts, governance, tax, employment, and IP matters. After a career building games and working on Azure AD at Microsoft, he chose law to deepen his impact on police accountability and social movements, developing an uncommon specialty in nonprofit transactional law within public-interest practice. As Interim Co-Executive Director of Legal Services at Communities Rise, he manages legal programs and volunteer networks while supervising counsel to scale services for communities impacted by systemic oppression. Known for translating technical and organizational realities into practical legal solutions, he combines product-minded thinking with grassroots credibility.
13 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
The University of Arizona
Doctor of Law - JD, Doctor of Law - JD at Seattle University School of Law
English, Spanish