JESSICA REYES

Senior Counsel

Jessica Reyes joined Prada Dominguez, PLLC in February 2026, bringing nearly two decades of experience in immigration and criminal law. A first-generation lawyer and the daughter of an immigrant, Jessica's commitment to the immigrant community is deeply personal — she has dedicated her career to guiding individuals through the same system her own family once navigated.

Jessica began her legal career as a Public Defender in New York City, at the Legal Aid Society, where for five years she represented indigent clients in misdemeanor and felony matters through arraignments, grand juries, and trial. She then turned to immigration law, first as a criminal-immigration attorney at the Legal Aid Society, and later as in-house counsel and Executive Director of the Colombian American Service Association (CASA), a Miami-based nonprofit where she represented survivors of domestic violence and crime through U visas, T visas, VAWA petitions, and removal defense.

In 2016, Jessica joined U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) as an Asylum Officer before advancing to Immigration Service Officer and ultimately Senior Immigration Service Officer III.

She adjudicated complex applications and provided technical guidance to fellow officers across the Miami Field Office. In 2019, she transitioned to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Office of the Principal Legal Advisor (OPLA) as Assistant Chief Counsel, where she litigated detained and non-detained removal proceedings before the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), including bond hearings, competency hearings, and applications for asylum, cancellation of removal, waivers of inadmissibility, and adjustment of status.

During her tenure at DHS, Jessica was selected from a national pool of over one hundred applicants to serve on a four-member detail with the National Security Law Division, providing litigation support and oversight to OPLA's 25 field offices on national security matters and coordinating with the FBI, CIA, Department of State, and DOJ Criminal Division. She was also a member of the Special Case Litigation Unit, handling cases involving potential persecutors, individuals with national security concerns, and Interpol Red Notices.

Now in private practice, Jessica draws on her rare combination of experience — as a defender, a government adjudicator, and a litigator — to advocate for immigrants at every stage of the process. She is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and is admitted to practice in the State of New York.

BAR ADMISSIONS

Jessica is admitted to practice in the State of New York
Jessica is admitted to the Southern District of New Yorkk