Linda Deos
Councilmember
City of Davis
Linda Deos is the immediate past Chair of the Yolo County Democratic Central Committee and executive board member of the Davis Democratic Club. Linda co–chaired the Yolo County Cannabis Tax Citizen’s Oversight Committee and was one of two at–large Yolo County appointees to this Committee. Prior to her election to the Davis City Council, District 2, Linda served on City of Davis Planning Commission and previously served as chair of the City of Davis Utilities Commission. She is a former executive board member of the Yolo Basin Foundation and a current member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Davis Lodge #169. Linda served as the Food Site Coordinator for the Yolo Food Bank at its Davis location during the Pandemic.
Linda is entering her 27th year as a practicing attorney whose woman–owned firm, Deos Law, PC, focusing on representing consumers in disputes with creditors, banks and other financial institutions. In her practice, she has successfully negotiated several settlements on behalf of her clients totaling over a million dollars. Linda serves as a court–appointed mediator in the Eastern District of California and is past–president of the Sacramento Valley Bankruptcy Forum. She also teaches courses to legal professionals on topics related to mortgages and bankruptcy, the interplay between consumer protection laws and bankruptcy, defending debt collection lawsuits in state court, as well as how to protect homeowners from foreclosure actions in state and federal court.
Linda was awarded a certificate of completion for the Senior Executives in State and Local Government Program, July/2022, John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, Executive Education. She earned her Juris Doctorate from University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law and her Bachelor’s Degree in International Policy Studies from Middlebury College – Monterey Institute of International Studies. After obtaining her BA, Linda was chosen to be a delegate to the United Nations Decade of Women in Nairobi, Kenya. Prior to attending college, she was honored to be chosen to be an American Field Service (AFS) student in Istanbul, Turkey.