Exhibit (i)(2): Consent of Dechert, Counsel
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Direct Tel: 202.261.3302
[email protected]
November 1, 2000
de Leon Funds Trust
107 North Washington Street
Post Office Box 4365
Rocky Mount, NC 27803-0365
Re: Amendment No. 5 to Registration Statement on Form N-1A for de Leon
Funds Trust ("Trust") (File Nos. 333-78815 and 811-09345)
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We hereby consent to the reference in the Trust's Statement of Additional
Information to Dechert as counsel to the Trust and to the inclusion of this
consent as an exhibit to Amendment No. 5 (under the Investment Company Act of
1940) to the Trust's Registration Statement.
Very truly yours,
/S/ Dechert
Dechert
