Brenda F. Rioles

What a wonderful experience, friendly professional and a beautiful office and location.

I hired Brenda for my case . Don’t waste your time looking around . If you want the best for your kids .. she will take you in the right direction. My divorce is extremely messy and never ending .. I will be retaining her again because my ex is relentless !

Brenda and her team have helped me twice in my custody situation with my daughter. They where beyond excellent on both occasions. When I married my wife, the mother of my first child (never married) decided to take me to court. I walked away with a fair court order that provided me with more time with my daughter than I had previously. 3 years later when my daughter's mother violated that court order Rioles Law was called upon again and things where set right. These experiences are stressful, Brenda and her team are thorough and on point. When questions come up they reply expediently and explain things in language that a person like me (who has no legal training) can understand. I have recommended them in the past and would certainly do it again.

I hired Brenda for a very contested divorce after hiring two previous attorneys with no success. Brenda handled the case with ease. I have never met a more professional, understanding, knowledgeable and experienced attorney. She got me everything I wanted and more. She truly is the best attorney in R.I.

Brenda was very knowledgeable and successful in the handling of my divorce, child custody/support, distribution of assets and unexpected issues that happened along the way. I'm confident that her experience in all areas of divorce gave me the best outcome possible for my situation.

I had to hire Brenda to handle my divorce. Brenda handled it professionally and caring at the same time. Any time I had a question, Brenda was there to give me an answer! My sister had used Brenda for her divorce and recommended Brenda to me. I would recommend Brenda to anyone who needs legal consultation. Brenda truly cares about her clients!

I hired Brenda for my divorce, which was kind of complicated, after having two previous attorneys on the case. She stayed on top of everything and finally got me divorced. I was also very happy with my settlement. Whenever I called or emailed her, she always responded in a very timely manner. I was very pleased with her services and would highly recommend her.

Brenda adeptly advised me on how to avoid the pitfalls of a long litigation battle and instead we promptly settled my child custody case. An aggressive attorney on the other side made this extremely difficult; he is known for dragging the parties through years of litigation, and that would have been to the detriment of everyone, including my child. Have a difficult family law case? I highly recommend you at least consult with and consider hiring Brenda.

I was very happy with Brenda’s services. She is very professional and took care of all my needs and have me the best advise. I highly recommend Brenda.

Brenda and her inside consultant Angel were there every step of the way for me. They communicated with me very effectively as they were representing me from out of state. They were able to tell me when I needed to be in Rhode Island and Brenda was able to get the case heard and completed in that 1 day. She was compassionate and sincere. I felt like an old friend was there for me even though we had only communicated by phone and email prior to the day in court. If I ever needed an attorney for anything back in Rhode Island there would be no doubt I would call her first.

My child was taken out of my house illegally so I came to her on a good reference trusting she would be able to help me out. Her consultation was fine and I coughed the $4000 retainer up right away. The good - she successfully got me an emergency custody order from a judge and I was immediately able to get my child back within days of opening the case. When the defendant's lawyer came with accusations she also was able to argue my case in spite of taking facts on my story down wrong. She has a lot of experience, and knows the lawyers and judges well so she can argue a case with ease. The bad - While she knows family law like the back of her hand, she's a horrendous communicator with clients. She seemed to think I was lying to her and didn't seem very happy to defend me. When you're coming to a family lawyer knowing nothing, they should be prepared to guide you through the process better. She will tell you she's been doing this for over 30 years to try to instill confidence in you as a client and then will throw things out the window that should have been taken into consideration in the case (e.g. a recording of the defendant threatening me). I had to go to a family member who is a lawyer out of state for advice on how to talk to her, and had I not been privy to that advice I don't know if Brenda could have defended my case. My experience with her was that she was very unsympathetic and always tuned out. Overall I do not recommend Brenda for what I paid her. She did help my case get settled out of court but the credit for that goes more to the people in my life who rallied around me in a difficult time, she was just there collecting a paycheck. She gets a passing grade, but it's closer to a C than an A. If I have to return to family court I will take my chances with someone else.

I hired Brenda to handle my divorce and the only advice I would give to whoever is thinking hire her, is to not expect empathy from her. After obtaining the retainer fee, I called her to ask her a question and she as if I was bothering her replied " you know this call will cost you extra money". Simply stated, don't expect her to be empathetic.