Paul J. Acinapura, Esq.
Paul J. Acinapura is General Counsel of Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A and founder of its Community & Economic Development Unit. His pioneering work includes facilitating the financing of capital expansion of primary health care facilities operated by community based providers. He has been engaged in CED practice for more than 30 years and has served on behalf of the National Economic Development Law Center as a mentor for a legal services program seeking to establish a CED practice.
He also has leadership roles in community organizations, including being a Board Member of Urban Health Plan, Inc. general counsel of the Brownsville Community Development Corporation and special counsel to The Bedford Stuyvesant Family Health Center, inc. Paul joined Brooklyn A in 1974 and is an alumnus of Rutgers University Law School in Newark, New Jersey.