Justice Roberto Rivera-Soto > Ballard Spahr LLP > New Jersey, United States > Lawyer Profile
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Justice Roberto Rivera-Soto

Work Department
Litigation
Position
Senior Counsel
Career
Justice Roberto A. Rivera-Soto is a trial and appellate lawyer who served for seven years on the Supreme Court of New Jersey before joining Ballard Spahr.
Litigation and Appellate
Justice Rivera-Soto is well positioned to maximize clients’ ability to succeed at the trial and appellate levels. Starting with his tenure as an Assistant United States Attorney, continuing through both private practice and corporate in-house practice, and culminating with seven years on the Supreme Court of New Jersey, he persuasively and effectively appeals to judges, both orally and in writing. He provides valuable insight on appellate and trial court judges’ expectations and point of view to the benefit of his clients.
Admissions:
Delaware
District of Columbia
Nevada
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada
U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
U.S. Supreme Court
Languages
Spanish
Memberships
Hispanic National Bar Association, Honorary Committeeman, 2012 mid-year meeting
District VII Ethics Committee of the Supreme Court of New Jersey, member and Chair, 2000-2004
Rutgers School of Law-Camden, past instructor of trial advocacy
New Jersey Development Authority for Small Businesses, Minorities’ and Women’s Enterprises, 1988-1994
Please Touch Museum, 2001-2003
Southern Nevada Disciplinary Board of the State Bar of Nevada, 1997-1999
Education
Cornell Law School (J.D. 1977)
Recipient, Charles K. Burdick Scholarship; Member, Moot Court Board
Haverford College (B.A. 1974, with departmental honors)
Recipient, José Padín Scholarship
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: automotive/transport
Under the leadership of New Jersey-based Neal Walters, who heads up the overarching product liability and mass tort group, Ballard Spahr LLP handles a significant volume of automotive and transport-related disputes, as well as providing risk management counselling. The team is adept at representing clients throughout the life cycle of litigation in New Jersey federal and state courts, as well as nationally, including in the context of class certification defense proceedings, and mounting vigorous defenses at a final trial stage. Subaru of America remains a core client of the firm and continues to generate a significant amount of product liability-related work, including numerous ongoing class actions in the New Jersey federal court. Roberto Rivera-Soto, a former New Jersey Supreme Court Justice, is a core member of the practice, particularly when it comes to appellate matters. Casey Watkins departed the firm for an in-house role in July 2021.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Land use/zoning
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): municipal
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Industry focus > Energy: renewable/alternative power
- Media, technology and telecoms > Fintech
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: automotive/transport
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Real estate > Real estate
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Finance > Project finance