Family Law

• Child Support
  This feels like a personal subject matter. I was a single mother with a 3-year old son when I was admitted into Seattle University School of Law. My parents didn’t have money. I paid for my education working and taking out student loans. My ex-husband never paid child-support. I grew up in Calexico, California, a very small border town that neighbors Mexicali, Mexico. Almost 97% of the community is Mexican. The other 3% is White or Chinese. Sitting so close to the border at least 50% of the entering kindergarten class in Calexico (yes, it’s the U.S.) doesn’t speak English. I often questioned the quality of my education. We were not rich, and a private school was never an option. The teachers taught to the-average-mean of the classroom. Both my parents have passed away, my dad was White and my mother was Mexican. Being half-white, growing up in Calexico, I WAS the minority. I wasn’t Mexican enough because my dad white. When I moved to Washington, I was different because I wasn’t White enough. I learned a long time ago

Criminal Law

• Wrongful Death
  If a loved one has passed away and you think that a wrongful death may have been involved, Rivera Law Offices is able to help. Many times family members do not even know that a loved one’s death was “wrongful”. It’s important to contact a lawyer so that the situation can be analyzed by someone with experience handling wrongful death cases. At Rivera Law Offices, we offer a free – no.obligation consultation.

Property Law

• Premises Liability
  I fell, do I have a claim? It’s the “slip and fall” cases that sometimes give attorneys a bad rap. NO, just because you fell doesn’t mean you have a case. If you tripped on your own two feet, you don’t have a case. However, if you fell in a pot hole filled with water, in a dark parking lot, and broke your ankle, you might have a case. Why? Because the property owner or business has a duty to make sure they warn you of the hole, or repair the hole as soon as it’s discovered so that no one is injured. “Slip and Fall” cases are very fact specific. Clearly the business or property owner doesn’t have a duty to isolate every person from harm. But if there is a dangerous condition on their property that they knew about or should have known about AND the property owner or business failed to warn,repair or fix the condition, you could have a case.
• Property Damage
  I recommend that my clients call the police every time. Why? Because most people are nervous, stressed and will forget to gather all the necessary information. The police are required to respond to a collision scene if you are injured or there is more than $1,000 in property damage. If the police refuse to come the collision scene (No injury or less than $1,000 in property damage) or they are too busy responding to life and death crimes. You don’t have to wait for the police, but you should do the following and file your own police report. Here is the link. https://fortress.wa.gov/wsp/wrecr/OMVCR/

Health Law

• Personal Injury
  When deciding to hire an attorney you should ask them about their experience. You could ask how long they have been practicing law. How many cases like yours have they personally handled. A paralegal or legal assistant who has 20 years of experience handling personal injury claims may know a lot about that particular area of the law but are not licensed to practice law.
• Medical Malpractice
  For medical malpractice cases or other complex litigation cases, the costs can exceed $200,000 and thousands of hours of time. Most of these attorneys work in teams, sometimes 5 to 10 attorneys assist on a case. Friends who only take these complex litigation matters when millions of dollars are at stake, the risk is higher and so is the cost to pursue these cases.
• Auto Accidents
• Dog Bites
  Rivera Law Offices was founded and is led by Celia Rivera. The law firm enjoys a strong reputation amongst lawyers in Olympia, where its principal office is located, and throughout Washington. Our injury trial lawyers represent clients in a variety of personal injury cases such as auto accidents, motorcycle accidents, slip and fall accidents, bicycle accidents, pedestrian accidents, and dog bites.
• Slip and Fall Injury
  Specialties: Medical Malpractice, Auto Accidents, Bicycle Accidents, Pedestrian Claims, Dog Bites, Insurance Claims, Wrongful Death, Traumatic Brain Injuries, Slip and Fall Injuries, and Uninsured Motorist Claims.