Judge Victor Reyes served as a District Judge from January 1999, through December 31, 2014 in the 10th Judicial District located in Pueblo, Colorado. He has presided over, Criminal, Civil, County Court Appeals, Probate, Domestic, Restraining Order, Juvenile and Dependency and Neglect matters. Judge Reyes was also served as the judicial liaison on the Colorado Domestic Violence Offender Management Board and the Colorado Supreme Court Criminal Rules Committee. Before He served as a Deputy State Public Defender for the State of Colorado for 15 years where he also provided training.

From October of 2021 through January of 2023, Judge Reyes served as the Judge in Residence for the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ). At NCJFCJ, he was involved with the Judicial Wellness Initiative, specifically hosting the Monday Morning Moments Wellness webinars along with leading wellness sessions at conferences and a judicial retreat held in California. Judge Reyes also participated in nationwide training, developing curriculum, and writing on all aspects of the law that impacts children, their families, and victims of domestic violence. He has written presentations on Compassionate Leadership, Engaged Justice, and Implied Bias.

            Since 2002, Judge Reyes has facilitated international and nationwide trainings to a variety of groups and organizations on issues related to mindfulness, every aspect related to domestic violence, the effects of vicarious trauma on judicial officers, and compassionate judicial leadership. He provided the training on domestic violence for Colorado Judges, Judges from almost every state and Puerto Rico, and members of the community both in Pueblo and around the country.  He has testified before both houses of the Colorado Legislature on DV related legislation. He has served as faculty for the NCJFCJ, the National Judicial College and the National Judicial Institute on Domestic Violence. Also Judge Reyes has trained Judges from the Ukraine on the issue of Domestic Violence and has participated in judicial well-being and judicial integrity webinars sponsored by the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime. Judge Reyes has trained judges from Costa Rica, South Korea, South Africa, the United States Army, The United States Immigration Judges and across the United States on the issue of Judicial well-being and more specifically, tools to increase resilience.

Judge Reyes facilitates discussions on issues related to self-respect and self-compassion at the Youth Offender System, facilitates a weekly life skills session for incarcerated people and yoga at La Vista Correctional Facility-Colorado Department of Corrections. Judge Reyes also leads yoga/mindfulness classes and the Federal Bureau of Prisons-Camp, STAGES Program at United States Penitentiary in Florence and ADMAX(Supermax) as well as several venues in Pueblo. He has provided Mindfulness training for the Nevada Dental Association, the Pueblo Fire Department and the City of Pueblo. Judge Reyes is certified in Life Coaching and Master Life Coaching. He also has a substitute teacher license and facilitates groups at elementary schools in Pueblo, Colorado.

He is a graduate of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia and Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C. Judge Reyes serves on the boards of the Prison Yoga Project, the Supervised Visitation Network and the Siddhartha School Project.