Areas of Practice
- Employment Law Litigation
- Labor Relations
- Workplace Investigations
- Preventive Counseling + Training
Bar Admissions
- California
- Puerto Rico
Education
- Inter-American University, School of Law, PR
Juris Doctor, Magna Cum Laude - University of Dayton, OH
Bachelors of Arts
Scope of Practice
Javier Rivera-Carbone is an employment law litigator and workplace investigator. After a decade of large law firm experience, he opened his own firm focused on helping clients manage employment law issues without fear or worry. Javier represents employees and select employers in labor and employment law matters before administrative agencies, federal courts and the Courts of the State of California and Puerto Rico. He has an excellent record of achieving positive results for clients, and he is fully bilingual (English | Spanish).
Javier mainly represents employees, but he is also dedicated to workplace fairness. For that reason, he gives advice and trains good employers to comply with federal and state employment laws, rules and regulations. Javier also conducts neutral independent investigations into employment related disputes and confidential matters.
Javier has experience in all aspects of workplace litigation, including discrimination, retaliation, wrongful termination, sexual harassment and wage & hour cases. He has provided labor relations advice, including negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes management and the litigation of arbitration cases and unfair labor practice charges. Javier has also handled administrative law matters before agencies such as the U.S. Department of Labor, the U.S. Department of Justice, the Department of Homeland Security, the California Department of Industrial Relations, the Department of Fair Employment & Housing, among others.
Professional Activities
- Hispanic Bar Association of Orange County, (since 2006) Director (2007-2012)
- Orange County Bar Association, (since 2006) Director (2013)
- Puerto Rico Bar Association, (since 1996)
Reported Cases
- Feliciano de la Cruz v. El Conquistador: 218 F. 3d 5 (1st Cir. 2000)
- Santos v. Lederle Piperacilin: 2001 TSPR 53 (Puerto Rico Supreme Court)
- Rivera v. Blanco Velez Stores: 2001 TSPR 146 (Puerto Rico Supreme Court)
Bar Admissions
- Courts of the State of California — Admitted 2006
- U.S. District Court for the Central District of California — Admitted 2008
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California — Admitted 2014
- Courts of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico — Admitted 1996
- U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico — Admitted 1996
- U.S. Circuit Court for the First Circuit — Admitted 1996