Lynn V. Rivera

Practice Experience

• Routinely represents business of all sizes, including national retail corporations, in complex tort, personal injury and large loss cases involving claims of products liability, premises liability and negligence
• Represents businesses and public entities in litigation involving employment, professional liability, errors and omissions and directors and officers 
• Practiced law as a Deputy District Attorney in Nevada and, as lead counsel, prosecuted numerous bench and jury trials involving both misdemeanor and felony crimes
• Defended appeals before the Nevada Supreme Court, the Federal District Courts, and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
• Served as Law Clerk to former Chief Justice Robert E. Rose and a Supervising Attorney at the Nevada Supreme Court

Litigation

• Substantial experience representing businesses in a wide variety of cases involving claims of wrongful death and serious injuries including traumatic brain injury and chronic regional pain syndrome
• Defends manufacturers, retailers and distributors of commercial and consumer products in cases involving claims of design defect, manufacturing defect, failure to warn and breach of warranty
• Represents restaurants and hospitality industry clients in a wide variety of litigation matters including cases involving the American With Disabilities Act
• Extensive state and federal court litigation practice before all Nevada and California state and federal courts
• Advocacy for clients in administrative matters before the Department of Fair Employment and Housing, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and the Nevada Board of Medical Examiners

Advice & Counsel

• Counsels businesses and government entities in general litigation matters, with emphasis on personal injury, employment and business  litigation matters

Professional Associations

• Member of the State Bar of Nevada and the State Bar of California
• Member of the Claims and Litigation Management Alliance, Nevada Chapter President
• Member of the Defense Research Institute

Publications

• Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of Indians v. Ricci, 245 P.3d 1145 (2010)
• A Survey of States Regarding Liability for Third-Party Criminal Conduct, In-House Defense Quarterly, Fall 2016