Experience

The Ashcroft Law Firm, LLC

• Partner

  • Jan 2011 - Present

  Luis A. Reyes is a Partner with the Ashcroft Firm. He provides legal counsel to a wide range of companies and individuals in numerous, settings, and industries around the globe. His clients range from private individuals to medium sized companies to Fortune 500 corporations. Mr. Reyes contributes a wealth of legal expertise resulting from over twenty five years of practicing law. His experience includes service in senior state and federal government positions including as a senior commissioned officer and aide to the President of the United States; Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel for a federal law enforcement agency; senior positions in the U.S. Department of Justice, including Deputy Associate Attorney General and Chief of Staff to the Associate Attorney General; Counselor to the Assistant Attorneys General for both the Civil and Civil Rights Divisions. He also served as an Assistant Attorney General for the State of Texas where he handled a large docket of civil legal matters from initial pleadings all the way through successful jury trial verdicts and appeals. At Ashcroft, Mr. Reyes has for over a decade led a robust legal practice that includes providing legal advise to general counsels, corporate management and boards of directors in the areas of: Corporate Governance, Civil and Criminal Litigation, Federal and State Regulatory Compliance and Response, Internal Investigations and Remediation, Government Investigations (Civil, Criminal & Congressional), Risk Management, Crisis Response, Employment Law and Strategy, Securities Related Issues, International Due Diligence and Analysis, Government Relations, and Corporate Public Policy. Mr. Reyes has also successfully represented individuals in complex federal criminal and civil enforcement actions.



Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction

• General Counsel

  • May 2009 - Jan 2011

  Chief legal officer for the SIGIR. The SIGIR office investigates, audits, and inspects waste, fraud, or abuse of the $50 billion appropriated for the reconstruction of Iraq. Chief legal officer for the SIGIR. The SIGIR office investigates, audits, and inspects waste, fraud, or abuse of the $50 billion appropriated for the reconstruction of Iraq.



The White House

• United States
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Deputy Assistant to the President

  • Oct 2008 - Jan 2009

  Served as a member of the President’s Senior Staff and was responsible for providing advice to the President and members of the Cabinet on key presidential appointments and human capital management issues.

• Special Assistant to the President

  • Jan 2006 - Oct 2008



U.S. Department of Justice

• United States
• Law Enforcement
• 700 & Above Employee

• Deputy Associate Attorney General and Chief of Staff

  • Mar 2005 - Feb 2006

  Reyes served as a Deputy to the Associate Attorney General (3rd highest ranking official in the U.S. Department of Justice). He also served as Chief of Staff to the Associate Attorney General and assisted in the management of the civil litigating (Civil, Civil Rights, Tax, Anti-trust) and programmatic components of the Department of Justice, composed of over 6,500 employees with collective budgets totaling over $3.3 billion dollars.

• Counselor to the Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division

  • Oct 2003 - Mar 2005

  Before joining the Associate Attorney General’s Office, Mr. Reyes served as Counselor to the Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division at the Department of Justice, where he was involved in various departmental civil rights enforcement efforts in the areas of human trafficking, voting rights, employment discrimination, fair housing, fair lending, education, and public accommodation.

• Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division

  • Mar 2001 - Oct 2003

  Prior to joining the Civil Rights Division, Reyes served as Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division, where he advised the Assistant Attorney General on various civil division litigation matters, and represented the Department and the Division on several interagency working groups.



Office of the Texas Attorney General (John Cornyn)

• Assistant Attorney General

  • Oct 1998 - Mar 2001

  Before joining the Justice Department in 2001, Mr. Reyes served as an Assistant Attorney General for the State of Texas where he handled a robust civil litigation practice at the trial and appellate levels in State and Federal Court. During his tenure, Mr. Reyes personally handled 22 Federal jury trials, with no adverse verdicts. Before joining the Justice Department in 2001, Mr. Reyes served as an Assistant Attorney General for the State of Texas where he handled a robust civil litigation practice at the trial and appellate levels in State and Federal Court. During his tenure, Mr. Reyes personally handled 22 Federal jury trials, with no adverse verdicts.