About Brian J.
Brian J. Reilly built a steady legal career out of steady choices. He earned a J.D. from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in 1986 after completing a B.A. in social sciences at the State University of New York, Stony Brook in 1982. Those credentials set the stage for a practice that crossed regional lines and firm types.
He entered practice in 1986 at Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy. That early role placed him inside a national firm environment. In 1994 he joined Ogletree, Deakins, Smoak & Stewart, a firm known for its labor and employment work. By 2005 he was taking on managerial responsibilities as a managing member at Transact Partners International in Raleigh. In 2008 he established his own practice, operating as Brian J Reilly Lawyer at Law.
Reilly’s professional life has moved between larger firm structures and independent practice. He has held memberships in bar organizations for decades. He has been a member of the District of Columbia Bar Association since 1990. He has also been active in the Wake County Bar Association since 1993. Those memberships reflect a career spent practicing in multiple forums and maintaining ties to professional communities in several jurisdictions.
He is admitted to practice in North Carolina, the District of Columbia, Connecticut and New York. Those admissions have allowed him to pursue work for both individuals and businesses across state lines. His resume shows experience in firm-based settings and in leading his own office. That combination has shaped how he handles client matters and administrative responsibilities.
Colleagues and clients have seen him transition from associate roles to managerial positions and finally to solo practice. The move to launch his own firm in 2008 closed a circle that began when he first joined a national firm two decades earlier. He continues to draw on those varied experiences in daily practice, balancing casework with the business tasks that come with running an office.
He continues to maintain his bar memberships and his multi-jurisdictional admissions. His current practice concentrates on matters in the jurisdictions where he is admitted, and he handles those matters from his own practice in Raleigh.
