James E Riley, Jr

Riley & Associates

Bio

Attorney James E. Riley, Jr. has been providing the highest caliber of skilled and personalized legal services to clients for over 35 years. He has represented plaintiffs and defendants in complex civil litigation in state and federal courts throughout the country, consistently achieving exceptional results for clients in a broad range of legal matters.

While continuing our excellence as a boutique litigation firm, over the past decade Mr. Riley has increasingly focused on advising clients on real estate and commercial transactions, as well as wills, trusts, and other future planning.

Mr. Riley is of counsel to Canepa & Vidal, a Santa Fe, New Mexico law firm that represents numerous municipalities, as well as the State of New Mexico’s Risk Management Division. Canepa & Vidal was ranked a Best Law Firm by the 2020 US News & World Report. Mr. Riley has been a senior litigator at the firm for over two decades.

Mr. Riley has served as regional litigation counsel for several self-insured national corporations, including Coca Cola Enterprises, Inc., Rollins, Inc. and the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), handling matters in both state and federal courts.

Mr. Riley is Board Certified as a Civil Trial Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy (1999 – present) and has completed the Harvard Law School Mediation Training Program (October 2004). He is AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell and recognized as a top rated Massachusetts attorney by Super Lawyers.