Alumnus Jason Adolfo Otaño ’04 was profiled in CityLand about his work as the general counsel for the New York City Council.
Otaño’s father was a City firefighter for 28 years, his mother a paraprofessional for the Department of Education, and his uncle a captain for the Department of Corrections.
Otaño takes great pride in his Jesuit education having graduated from Xavier High School, in Chelsea, from Fordham University in 2001 with a bachelor’s degree in Latin American/Latino studies and political science with a concentration in peace and justice studies, and Fordham University School of Law in 2004. After law school, Otaño practiced entertainment and commercial law for four years before shifting gears to public interest and government law.
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While at the City Council, Otaño pursued one of his other goals: military service. Otaño was commissioned in 2015 as an officer in the United States Army Reserve where he currently serves as a Captain in the Judge Advocate General’s Corps. As a reservist, Otaño provides legal assistance to soldiers, their families, and retirees, and is a legal advisor for domestic operations during times of emergency, such as the hurricane that ravaged his family’s native Puerto Rico last year.