Ireneo A. Reus III

Ireneo A. Reus III is an award-winning and groundbreaking attorney and visionary legal community leader. For nearly 20 years, he has represented and counseled corporate clients and individuals in various industries, such as financial services; commercial and residential real estate; health care; and media. Since 2018, Mr. Reus has served on the Executive Committee of the Labor and Employment Law Section of the California Lawyers Association (CLA) and also served on CLA's inaugural Strategic Planning Committee.

Before establishing The Reus Law Firm, Mr. Reus worked for a civil litigation firm, a national public finance law firm, and at the General Counsel's Office of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. He earned his J.D. from UCLA School of Law in 2004, where he was a Member of the UCLA Moot Court Honors Program and senior articles editor of the UCLA Journal of Law & Technology. Mr. Reus earned BA at Whittier College in 2001, where he double majored in Economics and Political Science, and was nominated for the Rhodes scholarship and Truman scholarship.

In 2018, Mr. Reus became the first Filipino American to serve as the President of the UCLA School of Law Alumni Association since the law school was founded in 1949. Prior to joining the Executive Committee of the Labor & Employment Section of the California Lawyers Association, Mr. Reus served in leadership positions in the State Bar of California, including as the first Filipino American in the State Bar’s history to serve as Chair of the California Young Lawyers Association in 2012, as well as on the State Bar’s Council on Access & Fairness and Task Force on Admissions Regulation Reform. In 2016, the Los Angeles Law Library featured Mr. Reus in an exhibit and documentary film titled, “Opening the Door: Personal Stories of Groundbreaking Los Angeles Lawyers and Judges.” He has presented MCLE programs at ABA conferences in Tokyo, Japan; Washington, D.C.; and at several National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA) conventions throughout the United States on multiple topics, including ethics, employment law, civil litigation, social media, and business development. Mr. Reus served on the ABA’s Standing Committee on Continuing Legal Education from 2019 to 2022. He has also served as a contributing author in the ABA’s best-selling book, “Careers in International Law,” (5th Edition), and the “State Bar of California’s Guide to Growing and Managing a Law Office,” (2012). Mr. Reus is also a member of CLA’s inaugural delegation to the ABA House of Delegates and has been elected as a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation.