Tremaine Reese

Family

Married: Chasity; 1 Child: Catherine,

EDUCATION

JD, Law, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical Unniversity, 2009-2012
Certification, Benchmark Portal Call Center Management, Purdue University Krannert School of Management, 2008
Master's, Public Administration, Georgia College and State University, 2004-2005
BS, Computer Science, Albany State University, 1998-2003

POLITICAL EXPERIENCE

Candidate, Georgia State House of Representatives, District 140, 2024
Representative, Georgia State House of Representatives, District 140, 2023-present

COMMITTEES

Agriculture and Consumer Affairs Committee
Economic Development and Tourism Committee
Public and Community Health Committee
Special Committee on Resource Management

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Principal Owner and Managing Attorney, The Reese Firm, Limited Liability Company, 2018-present
Senior Attorney, The Wright Legal Group, 2017-2018
Director of Community Operations & Affairs, Georgia Appleseed Center for Law and Justice, 2013-2017
Member, Gun Violence Committee, Presidential Appointment by American Bar Association President William Hubbard, American Bar Association, 2014-2015
Judicial Clerk (The Honorable Marc L. Lubet), Florida Ninth Judicial Circuit (Felony Division), 2011
Summer Law Clerk, JD Homes, Incorporated, 2010
Campaign Manager, David Moore for Board of Education Committee, 2008-2009
Manager, City of Atlanta, 2007-2009
Owner/ Consultant, Reese Business Consultant, 2006-2008
Regional Supervisor/ Lead Business Analyst, Government Employees Insurance Company (GEICO), 2003-2007
Director of Recreation, Wilkinson County, Georgia, 2004
Member, Planning Committee, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University Environmental Law Symposium

RELIGIOUS, CIVIC, AND OTHER MEMBERSHIPS

Member, Liberty District Planning Committee, Columbus Consolidated Government, 2018-present
Member, National Board of Directors, Youth Advocate Programs, Incorporated, 2018-present
Advisory Board Member, Georgia Appleseed Center for Law and Justice, 2017-present
Member, Planning Advisory Commission, Columbus Consolidated Government, 2017-present
Chair, Community Development Advisory Council, Columbus Consolidated Government, 2017
Member, Community Development Advisory Council, Columbus Consolidated Government, 2014-2017
Vice President, Fountain City Bar Association, 2016-2017
Member, Fountain City Bar Association, 2016-present
Member, Board of Directors, Midtown, Incorporated, 2016-present
Chair, Greater Columbus Chamber of Commerce, Young Professionals Governmental Affairs, 2016
Interim Chair, Community Development Advisory Council, Columbus Consolidated Government, 2016
Member, Board of Directors, Greater Columbus Chamber of Commerce, Young Professionals, 2013-2016
Graduate, Leadership Georgia, 2015
Member, Legal Education Task-force, Presidential Appointment by American Bar Association President Laurel Bellows, American Bar Association, 2012-2015
Member, State Bar of Georgia, iCivic Committee, Presidential Appointment, 2014-present
Graduate, Class of Young Game Changers - Georgia Forward, 2014
Alumni Adviser, National Black Law Students Association, 2012-2013
Chair, Law Student Division Advisory Council, American Bar Association, 2012-2013
National Chair, American Bar Association Law Student Division, 2011-2012
President, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University College of Law Student Bar Association, 2011-2012
Vice President, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University College of Law Student Bar Association, 2010-2011
1L Representative, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University College of Law Student Bar Association, 2009-2010
Semi-Finalist, National Presidential Management Fellow Program, 2006
Intern Assistant to the Director, Georgia Water Policy and Planning Center/Flint River Division, 2002-2003
Member, Georgia Secretary of State Advisory Council, 2001-2003
President, Student Government Association, Albany State University, 2001-2002, 2002-2003
Volunteer, Habitat for Humanity, 2000-2003
Director of American Bar Association Involvement, State Bar of Georgia, Young Lawyers Division
Former Chair, Annual Black History Month Observance Breakfast Committee
Former Staff Editor, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University College of Law, Law Review
Life Member, Albany State University National Alumni Association
Life Member, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated
Member, National Bar Association
Member, Planning Advisory Council for the City of Columbus, Georgia
Member, Columbus Bar Association
Member, Columbus, Georgia; Inn of Court
Member, Executive Council, State Bar of Georgia, Young Lawyers Division
Member, National Conference Team, American Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division
Member, Section of Labor and Employment Law, American Bar Association
Member, Section of State and Local Government Law, Diversity Law Committee, American Bar Association
Seminar Participant, American Bar Association, Center for Human Rights
Seminar Participant, American Bar Association, Center for Racial and Ethnic Diversity
former Vice President, Delta Delta Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated