Ruth Rivera

Ruth Rivera focuses her practice on all aspects of civil litigation at the Buzbee Law firm, including personal injury, wrongful death, eighteen-wheeler crashes and complex commercial litigation disputes. During her first year and a half practicing personal injury, Ruth helped recover in excess of 8 million dollars for her clients. Before transitioning to personal injury litigation, Ruth spent years working for a “Big-Law” firm, where she represented international corporations and insurance companies in cases involving fraud, breach of contract and insurance coverage. In her role as an insurance coverage attorney, she advised insurance companies on their contractual duties and insurance coverage issues.

 

Awards and Honors:

• Thomson Reuters, Texas Super Lawyers, Rising Star (2022)
• Thomson Reuters, Texas Super Lawyers, Rising Star (2023)
• Top 40 Under 40, The National Trial Lawyers
• Ones to Watch, Commercial Litigation, Houston, The Best Lawyers in America (2024)
• Ones to Watch, Insurance Law, Houston, The Best Lawyers in America (2024)
• Ones to Watch, Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs, Houston, The Best Lawyers in America (2024)

 

Published Work and Lectures:

• Texas Association of Defense Counsel, Co-Author, “Insurance Law Update, Fall 2020”
• Texas Association of Defense Counsel, Co-Author, “Insurance Law Update, Spring 2021”
• National Business Institute, Co-Author and Co-Presenter, “Trial and Evidence in Texas; Civil Trial Case Presentation” September 23, 2021
• TexasBarCLE, Faculty, 15th Annual Damages in Civil Litigation, “Building the Damages Case in Discovery” February 9, 2023
• Bad Law Worse Facts Podcast, Speaker, “Weaponize your Stowers Demand with Ruth Rivera” May 15, 2023

 

Past Positions:

• Judicial Intern to the Honorable Kyle Carter, Harris County 125th Civil Court, 2016
• Judicial Intern to the Honorable David Hittner, U.S District Court for the Southern District of Texas, 2018

 

Professional Associations & Memberships:

• State Bar of Texas
  • Insurance Law Section, Member
  • Litigation Section, Member
• Mexican American Bar Association, Member
• Houston Association of Women Attorneys, Member
• Houston Young Lawyer’s Association, Member
• Latin Women’s Initiative, Member
• Texas Trial Lawyers, Member

 

Education

• University of Houston Law Center, Houston, Texas
  • J.D. – 2018
  • Honors: Cum Laude; Rank: 27/226
  • Journal of Consumer and Commercial Law, Contributing Digest Editor
  • Order of The Barons, Member

 

• Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas
  • B.A. – 2014
  • Honors: Cum Laude

 

Languages:

• English
• Spanish