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Reynoso was recognized in Crain's New York's 2017 "List of Leading Women Lawyers in NYC".

She and her colleague Nicole Silver were recognized in Latinvex's 2017 ranking of "Latin America's Top 100 Female Lawyers."

In 2017, Winston & Strawn was ranked as an international firm for its Latin America practice, of which Reynoso is a member, in the International Arbitration category.

In October 2011, President Barack Obama expressed his intention to nominate Reynoso as United States Ambassador to the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, a nomination that required the advice and consent of the United States Senate. On March 30, 2012, the U.S. Senate confirmed Reynoso as United States Ambassador to Uruguay. As an ambassador, Reynoso focused on trade and commerce, with particular interest in agricultural trade, and on science, technology and education cooperation.

In 2009, Reynoso joined former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to serve as Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs. During her tenure, Reynoso was charged with developing and implementing a comprehensive security and Rule of Law strategy for Central America and the Caribbean.

In 2008, Reynoso was active in former Sen. Hillary Clinton's campaign for the presidency before joining the campaign of then Sen. Barack Obama.

In 2006, Reynoso served as deputy director of the Office of Accountability at the New York City Department of Education. Reynoso has published widely in both Spanish and English on a range of issues including regulatory reform, community organizing, housing reform, immigration policy and Latin American politics for both popular press and academic journals.

After obtaining a B.A. at Harvard University in 1997, Reynoso was named the John Harvard Scholar and obtained an M.Phil. degree in 1998 from the University of Cambridge in England. Reynoso received her law degree from Columbia Law School in 2001. At Columbia, she was the editor for The Columbia Journal of Transnational Law. After Law School, she clerked for the Honorable Federal Judge Laura Taylor Swain.

A native of the Dominican Republic, Reynoso immigrated to the United States in 1982. She graduated valedictorian of her class at Aquinas High School in the Bronx. She was admitted to Harvard University, where she helped found several student groups and was active with The Institute of Politics at the John F. Kennedy School of Government.

Julissa Reynoso (born January 2, 1975) is a litigation and international arbitration partner with the international law firm Winston & Strawn LLP. She was previously a partner with Chadbourne & Parke LLP, practicing in the firm's International Arbitration and Latin America groups. Reynoso is also affiliated with the faculty at Columbia University School of Law and the School of International and Public Affairs. From March 2012 until December 2014, she served as United States Ambassador to Uruguay. She is a former Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs at the United States Department of State.