REPRESENTATIVE CASES
Other
Types of Cases Handled:
• Municipal law (rent ordinances; zoning ordinances; design review)
• Charter School Act
• No Child Left Behind Act
• Private Post Secondary and Vocational Reform Act
• Brown Act
• Warsaw Pact/Airline Deregulation Act
• Taxation (FTB; State Board of Equalization)
• Workers compensation (all issues)
• Professional licensing (medical; nursing; chiropractic; legal)
• Administrative and traditional mandamus
• Qui tam/False Claims Act
• Civil Rights Act
• Federal pre-emption
• Privacy under the California Constitution
• DMV licensing
Representative Cases:
- A large group of jail inmates sued for damages and injunctive relief due to allegedly unconstitutional conditions of confinement lasting 18 months.
- Handled a case involving a large group of jail inmates who sued for damages and injunctive relief due to allegedly unconstitutional conditions of confinement lasting 18 months.
Hon. Maria P. Rivera (Ret.)
First District Court of Appeal
Mediator
Arbitrator
Discovery Referee
Appellate Consultant