Dmitri Mehlhorn is an American author and businessman.

He is a public policy writer and best known as the author of "A Requiem for Blockbusting: Law, Economics, and Race-Based Real Estate Speculation" for the *Fordham Law Review *. Mehlhorn is also a contributor to the American Enterprise Institute, *The Daily Beast *, the Boston University Journal of Science and Technology Law and *The Atlantic *. ^{[4] [5] [6]}

Mehlhorn started his career at McKinsey & Company, a consulting firm, and later became the Managing Director at Gerson Lehrman Group. He was also the Chief of Staff at O'Melveny & Myers, an international law firm. ^[7] Mehlhorn is the former chief operating officer and President of Bloomberg BNA Legal. ^{[8] [1]} In 2013, he became a Senior Advisor to Eric Garcetti, the mayor of Los Angeles. ^[2] Since 2014, Mehlhorn has been a partner at Vidinovo, a venture capital network. He is a member of the boards for the technology companies, MedGenome, American Prison Data Systems and Aquicore. Mehlhorn has been quoted in the *Wall Street Journal *, Dow Jones, GenomeWeb and *Venture Beat *. ^{[4] [1] [1] [1]}

Mehlhorn is also known as a political activist.

In 2003, he was the co-founder of Hope Street Group, an economic opportunity nonprofit organization.

In 2010, he co-founded StudentsFirst, an educational reform nonprofit organization, and is on the Board of Directors. ^{[1] [1] [1]}