PUBLIC ENTITY DEFENSE
The attorneys of Rivera Hewitt Paul LLP have successfully defended state agencies, counties, cities and their employees in both state and federal courts in a wide array of suits including:
- Civil Rights
- Personal Injury
- Premises Liability
- ADA Claims
- Medical Malpractice/Deliberate Indifference to Serious Medical Needs
- Religious Expression
LAW ENFORCEMENT DEFENSE
The attorneys of Rivera Hewitt Paul LLP specialize in law enforcement defense, handling litigation involving issues such as excessive force, wrongful death, unreasonable search and seizure, wrongful arrest and detention, deliberate indifference to serious medical needs, and other claims by citizens, arrestees, and prisoners.
APPEALS
The attorneys of Rivera Hewitt Paul LLP have significant experience in appellate practice, particularly before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the Third District Court of Appeal. We are proud of our many successes, including published opinions in Jeffers v. Gomez, 267 F.3d 895 (9th Cir. 2001) which helped define the evolving qualified immunity doctrine in excessive force cases, and Nunes v. Arata, et al., 983 F.3d 1108 (9th Cir. 2020), upholding qualified immunity for Fourth Amendment right to privacy claims. Our attorneys include members of the bar of the Supreme Court of the United States of America.
STATE BAR DEFENSE
Rivera Hewitt Paul LLP have experience representing the interests of counsel before the State Bar. Our handling of these cases is discreet in order to maintain not only the confidence of our clients but the integrity of the judicial system as a whole. We have successfully tried cases before the State Bar Court in addition to reaching successful pretrial resolutions for our clients.