
Rosario Reyes has a heart for the under-serviced, having started her legal career as a paralegal for the Texas Rural Legal Aid. Ms. Reyes passion for children has provided her a niche practice in battling Child Protective Services whose sometimes over-zealous recommendations have removed children from loving homes.
Ms. Reyes is a skilled negotiator and an important practical thinker, providing creative solutions to emotionally struggling family and criminal law situations. Some of our mental health “partners” ask for Ms. Reyes’ assistance directly when calling with clients who need help disentangling from high conflict relationships. Her scientific background is important to our clients facing medical and mental health challenges.
Ms. Reyes holds a Ph.D. in biology from the University of Oregon and completed post-doctoral work at Cornell University. She was a National Hispanic Scholarship Fund Scholar at the University of Oregon (Portland) and at the University of Texas (Austin). Her law degree was bestowed by Lewis & Clark Law School, where she was a member of the Cornelius Honor Society.
Vitebsky, A., Reyes, R., Sanderson, M., Michel, W.C., and Whitlock, K.E. (2005). Isolation and characterization of the laure olfactory behavior mutant in the zebrafish Danio rerio, Dev. Dyn. 234(1): 229 - 242.
Reyes R, Haendel M, Grant D, Melancon E, and Eisen, J.S. (2004) Slow degeneration of zebrafish Rohon-Beard neurons during programmed cell death. Dev Dyn . 229(1):30-41.
Edmonds, B., Reyes, R., Schwaller, B., Roberts, W.M. (2000) Calretinin modifies presynaptic calcium signaling in frog saccular hair cells. Nat. Neurosci. 3(8):786-790.
Reyes, R. (1999) Development and Death of Zebrafish Rohon-Beard Spinal Sensory Neurons. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Oregon.