The Anthony Reeves Experience

Sometimes, your loved ones are there to remind you that THEY and the WORLD SEE YOU and that your representation truly matters. To understand this point, you have to understand who I am and why that matters.  On April 15, 2022, I will officially have served as an Administrative Law Judge within a United States Government agency for 5 years.   It is hard to truly appreciate that milestone but whether I believe it or not, I have had the chance to serve. For those of you who don’t know me, you have to understand that I have been and continue to be a very humble person.  I am thankful and very grateful for the opportunities I have received and the accomplishments I have attained.  However, there are times when I don’t appreciate the significance of my accomplishments. Which brings me to an interesting story. A couple of years ago, a dear friend, Veronica, invited my wife and I to her retirement ceremony after almost 40 years in the United States Navy.  As part of her...

 I am always amazed with where I am today.   It’s not that I never truly thought I would arrive where I am.  It’s just that I have had such a wild ride getting here. I recently was a guest on a Virtual Q&A for John Marshall School of Law.  And one of the things that I stressed was the average person’s life path is more like ‘country back roads’ as opposed to ‘the interstate’. What I mean when I say this is that there are only a few of us who truly know what we want to do with our life at a young age and exercise the discipline to make it happen. I have a few friends who literally went from HS to College to Professional School (Law school, Dental School, Medical School) and then into their chosen profession.   In my mind, those people are the exception and not the norm. The vast majority of us will probably change careers several times during the course of our professional life.  Imagine starting your career aspiring to be a corporate executive and findi...