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

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:

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