Luis A. Reyes

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Luis A. Reyes assists clients in a wide range of areas including government investigations, regulatory compliance, corporate governance, government relations, civil litigation and public policy development.

Mr. Reyes contributes a wealth of experience resulting from over a decade of public service in senior state and federal government positions that include service as a senior aide to the President of the United States; Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel for the federal law enforcement agency charged with rooting out waste, fraud and abuse of U.S. dollars in Iraq; senior positions in the U.S. Department of Justice; and, as an Assistant Attorney General for the State of Texas.

From 2009 to January 2011, Reyes served as General Counsel for the Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (“SIGIR”) – the independent federal law enforcement agency charged with rooting out waste, fraud and abuse of the more than $60 billion in U.S. funds appropriated for reconstruction efforts in Iraq.  As General Counsel of the agency, Mr. Reyes oversaw all legal aspects of the agency’s investigations into allegations of international money laundering, fraud, bribery, illegal gratuities and other monetary crimes.  During his two year tenure he and his team of investigators and Department of Justice detailed prosecutors secured more than 40 convictions and several millions of dollars in restitution.

From 2006 to 2009, Reyes held senior positions at the White House, including Deputy Assistant to the President and Acting Assistant to the President in charge of the Office of Presidential Personnel. In this role Mr. Reyes was the President’s senior advisor regarding all international, financial, national security and law enforcement related appointments, including the Cabinet.

Prior to his work at the White House, Mr. Reyes served in various high ranking positions at the U.S. Department of Justice including Deputy Associate Attorney General and Chief of Staff to the Associate Attorney General; Counselor to the Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division; and Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division.

Since joining the Firm, Mr. Reyes’ work includes managing a voluntary monitor project in the wake of allegations of a separate third party’s money laundering and terrorism financing activity. This engagement involves a robust review of anti-money laundering compliance programs, testing account surveillance systems, making recommendations, and routine communication with the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

In addition to other engagements, Mr. Reyes is also leading a team of Ashcroft Law Firm attorneys in a comprehensive compliance review of a publicly traded company with annual revenues in excess of six billion.  The ALF team review led by Mr. Reyes has provided the Company with a set of thorough and specific recommendations for improvements to Company policies, procedures and practices, with the end goal of strengthening the Company’s compliance framework and reinforcing and supporting ethical business practices.

Mr. Reyes is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in 1994, and a Juris Doctor in 1997.  He is married and resides in Austin, TX.