Chief Legal Officer and Secretary, Party City
Reggie is the Chief Legal Officer and Secretary of Party City (NYSE: PRTY), a publicly traded manufacturer and retailer of party and celebration products. Reggie reports to the CEO and is responsible for all aspects of the company’s legal affairs, including corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, commercial matters, employment law counseling, intellectual property, compliance and litigation. Reggie also oversees the company’s government affairs initiatives.
Reggie works collaboratively with all levels of management and the Board to achieve desired business outcomes. Before joining Party City, Reggie served as Head of Legal for Rakuten Americas, where he held several leadership positions of increasing responsibility from 2000 to 2021. Before joining Rakuten, Reggie worked as a corporate associate at New York law firms Warshaw Burstein, LLP and Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, and Connecticut law firm Cummings & Lockwood LLC. Reggie serves on the Board of the Greater Jamaica Development Corporation. He is a past president and board member of the Association of Corporate Counsel, New York City Chapter, and a past member of the Advisory Board of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association. Reggie holds a B.S. in Business from the State University of New York at New Paltz and his J.D. degree from St. John’s University School of Law.