Prior to joining DOT, Ms. Rivera served in the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division, where
she supervised federal court litigation and conducted public outreach.
Prior to joining JMBM, Matthew worked for five years as an appellate attorney in the Environment & Natural Resources Division at the U.S. Department of Justice, where he represented
federal agencies in the
federal courts of appeals; for four years as an attorney at Paul Hastings, where he advised and represented corporate clients in environmental and real estate matters; for two years as a law clerk to the Honorable Consuelo M. Callahan on the U.S.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit; and for two years as a
supervising attorney and lecturer at the Stanford Law School Environmental Law Clinic, where he taught students the practice of law and represented grass - roots and national organizations in environmental
litigation and policy matters.