Hector C Rivera

The Bahamas is What I do.  

With more than 16 years of Bahamas-specific experience, I can also provide consultation and of-counsel services for Bahamian matters.  My legal career spans over 30 years. I am the senior partner at Rivera & Hanes, P.L. ("R&H"), a law firm focused on real estate transactions, development, land title & title insurance for offshore, civil & common law jurisdictions; trust & estates; and corporate law. I also serve as Corporate Counsel for International Data Management, Inc. ("IDM"), which concentrates on international real estate title and developer services, with a specialization in title matters for The Bahamas and the Turks & Caicos. IDM’s unique title plant/database enables searches for The Bahamas not otherwise available. Myself, R&H and IDM have been recognized as the “Leaders in Bahamian Title Matters” and providers of “Best International Title & Developer Services”.  I have also been recognized as being in the “Legal Elite” and in the top 1.6% of my practice area.  Over the past 16 years, I have concentrated on Bahamian land title and real estate. From 1997-2000, I was the Operations Vice-President at a prominent title insurance company in Puerto Rico. I established and expanded offices for the largest real estate & title insurance firm in the Virginia, Maryland and Washington, D.C. tri-state area - an endeavor I undertook after selling my solo practice in 1994. I began my legal career with the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps in 1984, after graduating from the George Washington University National Law Center. There, I  worked as an International Claims Commissioner, Special Assistant U.S. Attorney, Criminal Defense Attorney, Administrative Law Advisor, and in different Senior Counsel and Staff Judge Advocate positions. I have served the U.S. during two wars and was the recipient of various awards for outstanding military legal service. In addition to zealously representing my clients, my approach to client service stems from my military values of service, loyalty, honesty and integrity. I am bilingual and have spoken on real estate & title insurance matters in the U.S., The Bahamas and Puerto Rico.