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Salomé A.
Rivera

Position
Associate
Office
Houston

Salomé Rivera is an associate in the Litigation Practice Group and a member of the bankruptcy & restructuring team.


Before joining the firm as an associate, Salomé gained early experience at Jones Walker LLP as a law clerk for the bankruptcy and restructuring team during her third year of law school. Her background also includes experience in immigration law through clerkships with a nonprofit organization and a national immigration firm.

Salomé earned her JD from Tulane University Law School where she was a member of the Tulane Law Review, served as the senior associate editor of Volume 99, and was published in the journal. She was also selected as a senior fellow, assisting first-year law students in developing their legal writing skills in the Legal Research and Writing course. In addition, Salomé served as a judicial extern to the Honorable Dana M. Douglas of the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. 

Publications

  • "Beyond Statutory Tango: Native American Tribes' Access to Bankruptcy Relief After Lac Du Flambeau," 99 Tul. Law. Rev. 397, 2025

Memberships

  • Houston Young Lawyers Association
Houston
Suite 2900
811 Main St
Houston, TX 77002
D: 713.437.1845
F: 713.437.1949
Emailsrivera@joneswalker.com

Education

  • Tulane University Law School
    JD, 2025
  • University of Florida
    BA, Criminology and Law, Political Science, 2022

Bar Admissions

  • Texas

Languages

  • Spanish

Related Practices

  • Bankruptcy & Restructuring
  • Litigation
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