Brent O’Leary is “tops” among Irish-Americans
Brent O’Leary, best known in the Sunnyside/Woodside area for his unsuccessful run for city council in 2009, was named by the Irish Echo newspaper as one of the top 40 Irish-Americans–under the age of 40 years of age.
O’Leary was selected by the well-known Irish-American paper based on his political and legal achievements.
O’Leary was elected to the Democratic National Committee from 2004-2008 and was a Superdelegate to the Democratic National Convention in 2008. When O’Leary’s term on the Democratic National Committee ended in 2008, he, at the request of the Obama Campaign, coordinated Irish Americans for Obama in NY. He then ran for the District 26 council seat, which was ultimately won by Jimmy Van Bramer.
O’Leary is presently Senior Legal Compliance Counsel for Bloomberg LP. O’Leary, who speaks fluent Japanese, began his career at the law firm, White & Case LLP, in their Tokyo Office doing Project Finance, M&A and other complex international financial deals.
