Biography
Benjamin R. Reyes concentrates his practice on a wide range of general litigation matters.
Benjamin previously served as a summer associate at Blank Rome. Prior to joining the firm, Benjamin served as a judicial extern for the Hon. Judge Timothy J. Kelly at the U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia and a student law clerk for the United States Agency for International Development, Office of the Inspector General in their Office of the General Counsel. And before he pursued his legal career, Benjamin served in the federal government as a senior policy and planning analyst at the agency and department level of the Department of Homeland Security where he worked in strategic planning and formulated multi-year appropriations for information technology initiatives.
During law school, Benjamin served as a student attorney for the AU WCL Defense Clinic, a note and comment editor for the American University Law Review, and a research assistant in the areas of criminal defense. He was member of AU WCL’s nationally-ranked mock trial team where he competed in multiple competitions throughout the country and was awarded with the AU WCL Professor Anthony Morella Professionalism Award in Trial Advocacy.
News & Views
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Award
Benjamin R. Reyes Presented with Blank Rome’s Pro Bono Rising Star Award
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Case
Blank Rome Obtains ITC Initial Determination in Favor of EPC
R. Paul Zeineddin, Dipu A. Doshi, Walter D. Davis Jr., Stephen A. Soffen, Andrew R. Kopsidas, Ameya V. Paradkar
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Honor
Blank Rome Attorneys Named to 2023 Capital Pro Bono Honor Roll
Scott Arnold, Alexander H. Berman, David L. Bodner, Bridget Mayer Briggs, Kierstan L. Carlson, Jennifer L. Carrier
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Honor
Blank Rome Attorneys Named to 2022 Capital Pro Bono Honor Roll
Jennifer L. Carrier, Patrick F. Collins, Amanda C. DeLaPerriere, Vanessa C. DiDomenico, Oliver E. Jury, Dominique G. Khani
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Alert
Tradition! Tradition! Tradition!: Mail and Wire Fraud Prosecution Theories Must Be Grounded in Traditional Concepts of Property
White Collar Defense & Investigations
Recognitions
2022, listed in Capital Pro Bono Honor Roll
Affiliations
Benjamin serves as a member of the Alumni Committee for The Appellate Project, a nonprofit dedicated to empowering law students of color to enter appellate practice.
Credentials
Admissions
- District of Columbia
- Virginia
Education
- University of California at Berkeley, BA
- American University, Washington College of Law, JD, cum laude
- Arabic
- Spanish
- Tagalog