Ana C. Reyes

Ana C. Reyes is an American lawyer from Washington, D.C. who is a nominee to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.

Ana C. Reyes
Personal details
Education

Early life and education

Reyes was born in Uruguay and moved to Spain soon thereafter; she immigrated to the Louisville, Kentucky in the United States as a child.[1][2] After her arrival in the United States, her first-grade teacher helped her learn English.[1]

Reyes received a Bachelor of Science, summa cum laude, from Transylvania University in 1996, a Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School in 2000 and her Masters in International Public Policy from the Johns Hopkins School of International Studies, with honors, in 2014.[2][3]

Career

Reyes knew from a young age that she wanted to be a lawyer but delayed starting law school to first work in California to defeat the 1996 California Proposition 209 bill that sought to ban affirmative action.[4][5]

After law school, from 2000 to 2001, Reyes served as a law clerk for Judge Amalya Kearse of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Since 2001, she has worked in the law office of Williams & Connolly in Washington, D.C.; she was an associate from 2001 to 2009, and elevated to partner in 2009.[2][3] Reyes focuses on cross-border litigation and international arbitration, while also taking on pro bono work to represent asylum seekers and refugee organizations.[6] In 2008, Reyes's letter supporting three women who appealed their asylum cases was included in a New York Times article about the case.[7]

Nomination to district court

On April 27, 2022, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Reyes to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. If confirmed, she would be the first Hispanic woman and openly LGBTQ person to serve as a district court judge in Washington, D.C.[8][2]

Selected publications
  • REYES, ANA C. (2011). "Representing Torture Victims and Other Asylum Seekers". Litigation. 37 (4): 23–27. ISSN 0097-9813.

Awards and honors

In 2016 Unlikely Heroes honored Reyes for her work.[9] The Women's Bar Association of the District of Columbia named her "Woman Lawyer of the Year" in 2017.[1][10]

References
  1. Page, Sydney (December 1, 2020). "A D.C. lawyer learned English as a child from a teacher who tutored her each day. She found her to say thank you". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
  2. Ali, Shirin (April 27, 2022). "President Biden's judicial nominee could become the first Hispanic woman and LGBTQ person to serve on the court". The Hill. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  3. "President Biden Names Seventeenth Round of Judicial Nominees" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. April 27, 2022. Retrieved April 27, 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. Ness, Carol (15 September 1996). "Two faces of Prop. 209: More alike than different Honor students from immigrant families back opposite sides". San Francisco Examiner; San Francisco, Calif. [San Francisco, Calif]. pp. C1 – via ProQuest.
  5. Morse, Rob (8 August 1996). "The boys of Freedom Summer '96". San Francisco Examiner; San Francisco, Calif. [San Francisco, Calif]. pp. A1 – via ProQuest.
  6. Tillman, Zoe (October 31, 2011). "Ana Reyes". The National Law Journal & Legal Times; New York. Vol. 34(9). p. 20 – via ProQuest.
  7. Feuer, Alan (2008-06-12). "Court Rejects Decisions of Immigration Board". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
  8. Raymond, Nate; Raymond, Nate (April 27, 2022). "Exclusive: Biden's latest judicial nominees dominated by public defenders". Reuters. Retrieved April 27, 2022.
  9. "Unlikely Heroes Red Carpet Benefit Featuring Jordin Sparks, Nikki Reed, Anjelah Johnson". www.prnewswire.com. October 17, 2016. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
  10. Foley, Michael. "Awards & Recognition". Women's Bar Association. Retrieved 2022-05-01.


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