Rosemary M. Rivas

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Rosemary M. Rivas joined Finkelstein Thompson LLP in October 2006 and practices in the fields of antitrust, consumer fraud, and securities litigation.  Before joining Finkelstein Thompson LLP, she worked at another San Francisco based law firm representing consumers in class action litigation.  Ms. Rivas is court-appointed interim co-lead class counsel in In Re Facebook PPC Advertising Litigation, Case No. C 09-03043 JF (N.D. Cal.) and also serves in a leadership capacity in a number of other complex cases, including In Re DirecTV Early Cancellation Fee Litigation, Case No. 09-MDL-2093 AG (C.D. Cal.).  In 2009, Ms. Rivas was selected as a Rising Star by Law & Politics Magazine which recognizes the best lawyers 40 years old or under or in practice for ten years or less. Ms. Rivas is a member of the California bar and is admitted to practice in the Central, Eastern, Northern, and Southern U.S. District Courts of California.  Ms. Rivas is also admitted to practice before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.  Previously, she served as a Board Member and Diversity Director of the Barristers Club of the San Francisco Bar Association. 

Ms. Rivas graduated from San Francisco State University in 1997 and received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science.  She received her Juris Doctorate from the University of California, Hastings College of Law in 2000.  While in law school, Ms. Rivas served as the Senior Note Editor for the Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly and was honored with the American Jurisprudence Award in Wills and Trusts.  She practices in the firm's San Francisco office.