Rachel N. Rivers

Partner | Litigation

About

An experienced litigator, Rachel has spent her career representing clients in state and federal courts. As a member of the Cyber-Risk, Privacy, and Data Security practice group, Rachel has represented clients in an array of data privacy litigation, achieving dismissals on both legal and factual grounds, as well as working to achieve favorable resolutions outside the courtroom.

  • Rachel also represents clients in technology litigation, as well as class action defense, including consumer protection statutes.


Practices

  • Commercial Litigation

  • Cyber-Risk, Privacy, and Data Security

  • Employment and Labor

  • Technology

Admissions

  • California

  • U.S. District Court, Northern, Central, Southern and Eastern Districts of California


Education

  • Penn State University, J.D., 2012

  • UC Berkeley, B.S. in Conservation Resource Studies, B.A. in Rhetoric, 2008


Memberships

  • State Bar of California


Honors

  • Super Lawyers® Rising Star (2021-2023)

Experience

  • Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP


Representative Transactions

  • Successful on numerous demurrers and motions to strike punitive damages with prejudice

  • Resolved $2 Million claim for mid five-figure settlement, protecting clients from personal exposure at trial

  • Successfully brief and argue before the Court of Appeals to preserve client’s choice of counsel and prevent client from being forced to hire new counsel in late stages of underlying litigation, saving client time and substantial resources