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 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 commissioned White House officer and 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 $50 billion in U.S. funds appropriated for reconstruction efforts in Iraq.  Reyes played a key role in investigations into potential violations of the False Claims Act, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and major fraud.  SIGIR’s oversight has returned over $1 billion to the U.S. Government.

From 2006 to 2009, Reyes held senior positions at the White House.  In 2008 he was appointed by President George W. Bush to serve as Deputy Assistant to the President and Acting Assistant to the President in charge of the Office of Presidential Personnel, serving as chief advisor on human capital matters.  In 2006, President Bush appointed him to be Special Assistant to the President for Presidential Personnel, with responsibility over the legal, national security, and international affairs portfolio, which included the Departments of Justice, Defense, State, Homeland Security, as well as the Central Intelligence Agency, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the United States Agency for International Development, the Peace Corps, the Federal Trade Commission, and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. 

Reyes served in various high ranking positions at the U.S. Department of Justice from 2001 to 2006.  From 2005 to 2006, Reyes was Deputy Associate Attorney General and Chief of Staff to Associate Attorney General Robert D. McCallum, Jr.  Reyes provided advice on the strategic oversight of the Department’s civil litigating and programmatic components.  Reyes was responsible for oversight of legal issues within the Tax Division, the Civil Rights Division, the Community Relations Service, and some high profile Civil Division litigation matters.  He also assisted in policy development in the areas of corporate integrity, civil rights and national security.

From 2003 to 2005, Reyes served as Counselor to the Assistant Attorney General (AAG) for the Civil Rights Division, the Nation’s chief civil rights enforcement officer.  In this role, Reyes was responsible for providing legal counsel on a wide range of civil rights issues, including litigation, policy development, legislative, and public relations matters.  Reyes worked extensively on enforcement efforts involving criminal civil rights, voting, employment discrimination, fair housing, fair lending, education, First Amendment, public accommodation laws, and anti-human trafficking efforts. 

From 2001 to 2003, Reyes served as Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division, advising him on significant litigation matters pending before the Civil Division.
From 1998 to 2001, Reyes was a trial attorney in Texas where he served as an Assistant Attorney General, handling a robust civil litigation practice at the trial and appellate levels in both state and federal court.  Reyes handled over 20 federal jury trials to conclusion, with no adverse verdicts. 

He is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in 1994, and a J.D. in 1997.