AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The noted Texas appellate firm Alexander Dubose & Jefferson LLP (ADJ) is pleased to announce the addition of Becky Gonzalez-Rivas to the firm’s Austin office.
Ms. Gonzalez-Rivas is a former law clerk to Judge M. Margaret McKeown of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and Judge Patti B. Saris of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
“Becky is an exceptionally talented young attorney with a deep understanding of the appellate and trial process that can only be earned from inside the court system,” said ADJ managing partner Marcy Hogan Greer. “Her insights will be of great benefit to our clients.”
Before joining ADJ, Ms. Gonzalez-Rivas was an associate at an international law firm, where she focused on complex commercial litigation and worked on critical motions in state and federal courts. She also kept an active pro bono docket, fighting to obtain relief in wrongful conviction and asylum cases.
“The attorneys of Alexander Dubose & Jefferson are proven leaders in the Texas appellate space, and I am looking forward to joining them,” said Ms. Gonzalez-Rivas.
Ms. Gonzalez-Rivas is a graduate of Harvard College and The University of Chicago Law School, where she was a David M. Rubenstein Scholar. She also served as the executive topics and comments editor of The University of Chicago Law Review.
About Alexander Dubose & Jefferson
ADJ offers clients a 21st-century approach to litigation in which appellate counsel, trial lawyers, and the client work together collaboratively and efficiently to assess risk, explore creative solutions, and develop strategies to maximize the odds of a favorable outcome. ADJ attorneys collaborate closely with their clients at all stages of litigation. The firm provides multiple layers of experience and expertise, including pretrial strategy and in-trial collaboration, error preservation, issue identification, trial briefing and jury-charge work, post-trial management, and all aspects of appellate proceedings. The firm has offices in Austin, Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio. In addition to a former Chief Justice and Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas, the firm's lawyers include a former Justice of the Fourteenth Court of Appeals in Houston and multiple former staff attorneys and law clerks from the Supreme Court of Texas and the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Fifth, Sixth, and Ninth Circuits. The firm is ranked in Band 1 and has numerous lawyers recognized for excellence by Chambers USA in Litigation: Appellate for Texas, as well as numerous recognitions in America's Leading Lawyers for Business, The Best Lawyers in America, and Texas Super Lawyers. To learn more about Alexander Dubose & Jefferson, visit https://www.adjtlaw.com.