Judge Ana Reyes Wiki, Husband, Partner, Salary, Political Party
Ana Reyes Biography – Ana Reyes Wiki
Ana Reyes is a judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. She was appointed as a United States District Judge by President Joe Biden in February of 2023, assuming the seat previously held by Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly. She is the first Hispanic woman and the first openly LGBTQ person to ever serve on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, according to a White House press release.
Judge Reyes served as a law clerk for Judge Amalya L. Kearse on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit from 2000 to 2001. After clerking, Judge Reyes became a litigation attorney at Williams & Connolly LLP in Washington, D.C., where she spent her legal career from 2001 to 2023. Prior to being elevated to partner at Williams & Connolly LLP in 2009, Ms. Reyes was an associate from 2001 to 2009.
Judge Reyes devoted substantial pro bono time to assisting refugees and organizations that assist refugees in obtaining asylum, including the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and Human Rights First. In 2016, she received the Legacy Award from Unlikely Heroes for her successful representation of young women escaping persecution by a regional terrorist organization. The Legal Times has recognized her as a “Champion” for her pro bono efforts (2009).
In 2023, the Hispanic National Bar Foundation presented Judge Reyes with its “Judicial Leadership Award,” which recognizes excellence in the legal profession. While in private practice, Judge Reyes earned accolades from The Legal 500 as a “Leading Lawyer” (2023) and “Next Generation Lawyer” (2020-2022) in International Litigation and from Benchmark Litigation as a “Local Litigation Star (2019-2023).
The National Law Journal recognized her multiple times, including on its Outstanding Women Lawyers list recognizing “the 75 most accomplished female attorneys working in the legal profession today” (2015); as an “Immigration Trailblazer” (2018); a Washington D.C. “Rising Star” (2014); and as a Minority 40 Under 40 (2011). In 2017, the Women’s Bar Association of D.C. named her as its “Woman Lawyer of the Year.”
Education
Judge Reyes received her J.D., magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School in 2000, her Masters in International Public Policy, with honors, from the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University in 2014, and her B.S., summa cum laude, from Transylvania University in 1996.
Along with her admissions to bars of the United States, Judge Reyes was listed on the Roll of Solicitors in England and Wales. Judge Reyes co-taught Advocacy in International Arbitration as a Clinical Visiting Co-Lecturer at Yale Law School from 2018 to 2019 and co-taught Trial Practice, Experts at Georgetown University Law School in 2017.
Ana Reyes Age
Ana Cecilia Reyes was born in 1974 in Montevideo, Uruguay. She immigrated to the United States as a child and grew up in Louisville, Kentucky.
Ana Reyes Partner
Federal judge Ana Reyes is openly gay. She is reportedly in a relationship with Dr. Xanthe Scharff, the Managing Director for External Affairs and Editor-at-Large at The Freedom Fund, a global collaborative fund dedicated to ending modern slavery and human trafficking by supporting frontline actors.
Dr. Xanthe Scharff paid tribute to her partner after she was sworn in as U.S. District Judge for the District of Columbia. In a LinkedIn post, she wrote: “I am so proud of my partner, Ana Reyes, who was sworn in as Federal District Judge for the District of Columbia at her investiture this Friday.”
Ana Reyes Salary
U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes earns an annual salary of $247,400.
Ana Reyes Political Party
District Judge Ana Reyes was appointed by President Joe Biden, a Democrat. According to Fox News, Judge Reyes has a long history of activism in the Democratic Party, including volunteering for Joe Biden and donating more than $38,000 to Democratic campaigns and groups since 2008.
Ana Reyes Ethnicity
Judge Ana C. Reyes is of Hispanic ethnicity.
