Luis Vargas Rivera is an accomplished litigator in the Firm’s Litigation & Arbitration Practice Group.

Luis practices in all aspects of commercial litigation, including business transactions, civil fraud, insurance recovery, bankruptcy litigation, and other commercial disputes. Across various matters, Luis has drafted pleadings and pre-trial discovery, prepared witnesses for depositions, written successful case-dispositive motions and appellate briefs, and presented oral arguments in court (and won).

Luis also has a robust pro bono practice, which includes defending against evictions throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, assisting formerly incarcerated persons with sealing records so they can obtain college educations and access housing, and helping undocumented minors seek asylum and special immigrant juvenile status.

Prior to joining Brown Rudnick, Luis was a summer associate with the Firm and worked on cases at multiple stages of litigation as well as bankruptcy-related matters. Luis graduated summa cum laude from Roger Williams University School of Law. While there, he worked as a judicial intern to the Honorable William P. Robinson III, Rhode Island Supreme Court; a judicial extern to the Honorable O. Rogeriee Thompson, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit; and a judicial intern to the Honorable William E. Smith, U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island.

Additionally, while at Roger Williams School of Law, Luis represented clients in criminal matters through his work in the Roger Williams University Criminal Defense Clinic, including cases involving misdemeanor assault, disorderly conduct, and those arising out of traffic violations, two of which he prepared for full trial. Luis was the Rhode Island editor of the Roger Williams University Law Review.