Paola Rivera

Paola Rivera is a staff attorney at Center for Family Representation. Paola was previously a legal fellow/attorney at the New York Legal Assistance Group from July 2017 to August 2019. Prior to that, they were an administrative assistant intern at the Office of the New York State Attorney General from October 2014 to May 2016.

Paola Rivera received their Doctor of Law (J.D.) from Brooklyn Law School, their Bachelor's degree in International Criminal Justice from John Jay College (CUNY), and their Associate of Arts (AA) with a GPA of 3.17 from Valencia College.

Some of their coworkers include Ben Chan - Manager, Equity, Efficiency & Belonging, Queens Practice, Carmen Tellez - Staff Attorney, and Katherine Wojewoda - Litigation Supervisor, Queens Practice. Paola Rivera reports to Ari Chiarella, Co-Director of Queens Family Defense Practice & Social Work Supervisor.