Mariano Reyna is an Assistant State’s Attorney at the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office in Chicago, Illinois, a position he has held for 16 years. Mr. Reyna is currently assigned to the Felony Trial Division and has been for the past 9.5 years, the last 3 years as a First Chair. Mr. Reyna was hired by the State’s Attorney’s Office in 2003 upon graduating from University of Illinois, Urbana- Champaign, College of Law and has held positions in Traffic, Misdemeanors, Felony Review, the Chicago Children’s Advocacy Center and Preliminary Hearings. Mr. Reyna is a member of the National Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Bar Association and the Lesbian and Gay Bar Association of Chicago. Mr. Reyna holds a Chair position in the State’s Attorney’s Office’s LGBT+ Employee Resource Group. Prior to law school, Mr. Reyna attended Boston University where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Pyschology and a Minor in English. Mr. Reyna lives in Chicago.