Carl Reynolds is Senior Legal and Policy Advisor with the Council of State Governments, and has extensive experience in all three branches of Texas state government. His previous positions included Director of the Office of Court Administration, General Counsel for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, General Counsel to the Texas Board of Criminal Justice, Executive Director of the Texas Punishment Standards Commission, General Counsel to the Texas Senate Committee on Criminal Justice, Director of the Senate's redistricting staff, and briefing attorney for the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. Mr. Reynolds received his J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law, a master’s degree from the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, and a B.A. from the University of Cincinnati.