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Ezequiel Reyna, Jr., a 1980 graduate of the University
of Houston Law Center, credits the school for altering
the trajectory of his professional career and allowing
him to help countless people through his South Texas
law practice in Weslaco.
“I come from a very poor background,” Reyna said.
“I always had aspirations of doing something with
myself, but law was not at the forefront of my
aspirations. It just seemed somewhat farfetched.”

Reyna thanks his close childhood friend, the late
George Almaraz ’77, for convincing him to apply to
law school.
“I had the good fortune of getting into the Law Center,
which is a fantastic law school,” Reyna said.
Shortly after completing his legal education, Reyna
founded the Law Office of Ezequiel Reyna, Jr., where
he continues to serve as managing partner. The firm
specializes in personal injury law and has five attorneys
and more than 50 employees.

“To say the Law Center

was a life-changer
EZEQUIEL understatement.”
would be an

REYNA ’80

“There are a lot of impoverished people in South Texas,”
Reyna said. “I’ve loved personal injury work from the
PAYS IT beginning since it’s about helping those in need and
righting a wrong. We’ve been blessed to be able to
help many thousands of South Texas families.”
FORWARD Reyna affirms “without hesitation” that the Law Center

altered the trajectory of his career. As the newest
member of the Cornerstone Club, Reyna hopes to
AFTER RECEIVING change the lives of aspiring attorneys for years to
come, just as the Law Center did for him.
TRANSFORMATIVE “To say the Law Center was a life-changer would be

EDUCATION FROM an understatement,” Reyna said. “It was a no-brainer
for me to give back. What makes institutions great are
UH LAW CENTER the professors and the administration. Having good
administrators and good professors takes resources.
A good portion of those resources must come
from alumni.”

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