Evian White De Leon, Esq.
COO & Chief Legal Counsel, MIAMI Association of REALTORS®
Evian White De Leon, Esq. is the Chief Legal Counsel & COO for the MIAMI Association of REALTORS® (MIAMI REALTORS®), the largest local REALTOR® association in the nation. A talented bilingual speaker and collaborator, Evian oversees MIAMI REALTORS®’ Professional Standards department, human resources, legal affairs, operations, compliance, and legal education for its 60,000 members. She is leading MIAMI REALTORS®’ efforts in educating members about the new MLS Rules and practice changes required by the National Association of REALTORS® settlement that took effect this summer. Evian is also a key member of MIAMI REALTORS®’ award-winning Advocacy team that has scored many legislative victories for homebuyers, sellers, and the South Florida market, including defeating changes to the local “source of income discrimination” ordinance that would have diluted fair housing rights and legitimized frivolous lawsuits.
A University of Miami School of Law graduate with a decade of litigation experience, Evian joined MIAMI REALTORS® near the start of the global pandemic in March of 2020, and, as part of the Advocacy team, helped convince local and state lawmakers to declare real estate an essential service, allowing real estate professionals to keep doing their jobs.
Evian’s passion has long-been making her vibrant hometown of Miami a place where everyone has the opportunity to thrive.
At Florida International University, Evian studied International Relations and Spanish Language and Literature, both in Miami and in Spain. She leveraged those experiences as a trial attorney for nearly decade at Legal Services of Greater Miami on a wide range of housing issues. At the Miami Beach Community Health Center as their Executive Vice President of Strategic Partnerships and Programs, she represented the interests of the health center to improve operations, quality of patient care, and to mitigate risk.
Evian’s policy work continued as the Deputy Director of Miami Homes For All, a nonprofit with a vision that everyone in Miami has a safe and stable place to call home through affordable housing and youth homelessness policy advocacy, research, and coalition building. Part of that included membership on both the Miami-Dade County Affordable Housing Advisory Board and Affordable Housing Trust Fund Board of Trustees. Evian’s work has also included defending children’s rights at the Southern Poverty Law Center.
Outside of the office, Evian volunteers as an investigative member of The Florida Bar Grievance Committee and is the co-chair of the FLORIDA REALTORS® Local Board Attorney Council. Evian recently joined the University of Miami School of Law as an Adjunct Professor for the newly created General Counsel Practicum hosted at MIAMI REALTORS®.