Ricardo Rivera

My only life saver an saving grace was Rick Rivera .in September 2013 I was placed on 5 years probation for a strong armed robbery. I was unjustly violated by a detective in Pasco county Aug 15th 2017 because he was investigating my son's dad for a crime. The detective who harrased an eventually vio...lated me on 3 conditions of my probation. the detective showed up 5 days later an told me either " i help them an be a witness for a crime i had no knowledge of or for that matter any involvement in or he would terminate my probation.The decision was mine." Not only did I let the detective search my home 3 times,search my car ,download my phone an answer all there questions for over 2 hours our first interaction on Aug 11 2017. (All while my probation officer who has 20 years experience in her field never even violated me or found me in the wrong in anyway. ) So the detective frustrated in his case used the fact I was on probation an took me to jail.when I reached the Pinellas county jail Rick was there the next day to ask me about what happened the day I was violated. Rick was honest an truthful an helpful. My 3 pre trial dates all came down to the fact that the prosecutor kept stating he wanted to speak with detective. Every court date Rick was like a shark an always on point.Pointing out how I had already been in jail for two months with the prosecutor still not doing his job on contacting the detective to speed up the process of what direction Rick had to take to help me. Eventually a evidentiary hearing was scheduled for Nov 3 at 11 am Rick came to the jail 2 days prior to my hearing an we discussed what I was facing which was 46 months. how a evidentiary hearing works. What I should expect. At the time still Pasco county hadn't submitted any evidence against me so Rick was going to ask it all be dismissed.On Nov 3 Rick was presented with a evidence packet that he should have received way prior to my court date. The state had my probation officer an detective as a witnesses. Finally they call me to court. Rick has got to be one of the best trial lawyers I have ever seen.Only having so much time to go over evidence packet. With both my probation officer an the detective taking the stand he was able to prove that I was not guilty of violating any of those conditions.every time the prosecutor thought he made a accurate point ,Rick was back cross examining like a shark.He was so focused an attentive.His main focus was the detective an his false claims.The detective was stuck an backed into a corner Everytime by Rick an he was stumbling over his own lies.Everytime Rick nailed him. The prosecutor could not keep up with Rick. My mother in law an sister in law we're so impressed by Rick an his dominate presence in the courtroom.By the time my evidentiary hearing was done Judge Andrews literally stated to the prosecutor "SO WHAT DID YOU PROVE?" Lol ...no joke ...Judge Andrews literally said that to the prosecutor "what did you Prove?" ....He proved nothing.Rick showed doubt in everything the state tried to accuse me of. RICK NOT ONLY PROVED MY INNOCENCE BUT HE DID THE IMPOSSIBLE AN GOT JUDGE ANDREWS TO TERMINATE MY PROBATION!!!! Here I was facing 46 months mandatory prison sentence an Force to be reckoned with Rick Rivera got Judge Andrews to terminate me early off probation! I couldn't ask for a better attorney. Rick was professional , focused ,believed my story an fought for me.An I mean truly fought to make the prosecutor look like a amateur. I will only recommend him to my friends or family.an if I am ever in a jam again he will be the only phone number I dial. I am a free woman because of him an his skills. thankful an grateful for him being my attorney.

Mr.Rivera represented me on several cases I hired him to work on. He excelled on every case he handled of mine. I have recommended him to a handful of friends that have asked for advice on an attorney. All have hired him on my word of mouth from my experience with him. He is sufficent, respectful, pr...oud and dedicated to his profession. All of my cases were settled to my benefit thanks to Mr. Riveras' hard work.

I was driving on a suspended license and got into an accident which I decided to run from. When I finally stopped I was arrested for a DUI. Mr. Rivera managed to get that dropped to a reckless with no jail time thankfully. I was also having trouble making payments and instead of him dropping me as a ...client he worked with me and gave more time. Would hire him again, hands down the best attorney.

I was referred to rick through a friend. I hired him to handle my case that I was falsely charged with some felonies an misdemeanors. Rick was very confident an very determined to get everything dropped an he did exactly what he told me he was going to do. Rick was able to get all my charges dropped ...and dismissed leaving me with a peace of mind an stress free I would strongly recommend to hire him.