Leonard Padilla

Leonard Padilla candidate for Mayor Sacramento in the June 2012 elestion.  

He has been hunting and capturing fugitives for over 35 years.  He has built a reputation as the "World Famous Bounty Hunter" and has appeared in movies and television.

 

Padilla has also testified in court as an expert from the bail bond industry and has been instrumental in seeing legislation passed in the California legislature to improve the ability to capture fugitives in other states and abroad.


In 1982, Leonard Padilla opened the Lorenzo Patino School of Law with Attorney Doug Nareau, Heman Smith, and Judge Lorenzo Patino.  The Lorenzo Patino Law School provides an affordable legal education for those wishing to practice law.   Leonard is currently the Chairman of the Board of Trustees.