Biography

Luis Sepulveda in front of a West Dallas dumpster

Luis D. Sepulveda is a comunity leader and President of the West Dallas Coalition for Environmental Justice, which he founded in 1989. He was raised in west Dallas and is the co-founder of the West Dallas Baseball Team, and the Latin American Baseball Association and serves on the Board of Directors for several organizations including the Dallas County Hospital District, Texas United Enviromental Organization, President of the West Dallas Coalition, the Arcadia Community Counsel, and the Library Board, City of Dallas.

Judge Sepulveda has received several awards including the National Environment Award and the Greater Dallas legal Community Development Foundation, the Greater Dallas Comunity Relations Committee Award and the Zapata Award, and has testified before the U. S. Congress on environmental issues. He has written for the Environmental Action Magazine, the West Dallas Toxic Times, and is currently working on a book about his work on the environment.

As Judge, he has ruled over 4,320 Truancy Cases, 280 Jury Trials, 5,750 t.raffic cases, over 50 Home security cases, and has had over 220 hours of in-class room study of law.

Awards

West Dallas Man of the Year
LULAC Community Award
Dallas Community Relations Award
State House of Representatives Award
30th Congressional District Award
Alliance to End Childhood Lead Poisoning
Thomas A. Edison PTA Award
National Environment Award 96, 97, 98, 99

Appointments

City of Dallas Library Board
DeHaro Saldivar Clinic
Weat Dallas Little League Baseball
Grand Prairie Naval Environmental Cleanup
Latino Little League Baseball Board