Lukas Reiter is an American television executive and former lawyer. As a law student he was a mock trial competitor, and he later became the writer for '' The Practice''. He has also written for television shows such as ''

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'', '' Close to Home'', ''

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'' and '' The Forgotten''. He has also served as a producer for shows such as ''

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'', and ''

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''.

Early law career

Reiter was a

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of the Temple University Beasley School of Law and is a Northwestern University alumnus with a Bachelor of Science degree in speech. He won the mock trial championship at the 1995 National Trial Competition with Robert E. Kelly. He won the George A. Spiegelberg Award for Best Oral Advocate at the 1995 American College of Trial Lawyers National Trial Competition. Reiter felt he would become a

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. After obtaining his

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, he became an Assistant District Attorney in

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for the Homicide Investigations Bureau. He worked under Richard Brown.

Television executive career

Reiter's first script, which was about his professional experiences up to that date caught the attention of Creative Artists Agency agent Peter Micelli, who has continued to be his agent. He first became a writer for David E. Kelley on '' The Practice'' and later for ''

'', serving both as supervising producer. In 2002, Reiter was nominated for the

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in the Best Television Episode category for ''The Practice'' "Killing Time" episode (September 30, 2001) in which he co-wrote the teleplay with Teleplay by

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, Peter Blake & David E. Kelley. That year, he won a Humanitas Prize when ''The Practice'' "Honor Code" episode (November 18, 2001) which he co-wrote with Kelly tied with Aaron Sorkin's "

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" episode of '' The West Wing''. Having been a fan of both the movie version and

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of ''The Firm'', Reiter sought out their creator, John Grisham, to explain his own curiosity about what happened to the characters beyond the endings of those parts of the franchise. Later, Reiter worked with Jerry Bruckheimer on the series '' The Forgotten'' and '' Close to Home'' and then served as an executive producer for ''

''. Reiter was the creator for ''The Firm''. In 2013, Reiter joined the writing staff of '' NBC's The Blacklist'', serving as a Consulting Producer, and later as a Co-Executive Producer in the show's first season, and eventually rising to the role of Executive Producer through the show's first seven seasons.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Reiter, Lukas Living people American lawyers Northwestern University School of Communication alumni Temple University Beasley School of Law alumni American television producers American television writers American male television writers Year of birth missing (living people)