Tulsa Business & Legal News Honors Fry & Elder’s Rivas

Hap Fry

8 years ago

Tulsa Business & Legal News

The Tulsa trial lawyers of Fry & Elder continue to reel in community accolades and honors. Lorena Rivas became the latest Fry & Elder attorney do so after the Tulsa Business & Legal News recognized her this week as being one of the city’s most accomplished professional women with their annual Women of Distinction Awards.

The criteria the publication used to come up with its list of honorees is quite comprehensive. Those honored flourish not only in their careers but also in their family life and are actively involved in their communities. Click Here to learn more about the selection process.

“It’ a really nice honor,” Rivas said. “There are a lot of hard-working women out there who go above and beyond for their families and communities too. This is a nice honor because it isn’t entirely centered on what someone does with their career.”

The Tulsa Business & Legal News’ article on Rivas was posted on the outlet website Monday. Penned by Tulsa Business & Legal News editor Lesa Jones, the article touched on one of Rivas’ biggest accomplishments as an aspiring lawyer while at the University of Tulsa College of Law when she volunteered for an Immigrant Rights Legal Clinic and with the aid of others was able to prevent a Haitian national from being to deported so that he could remain with his family (his children were U.S. citizens and their mother had recently suffered a stroke.)

Rivas considers that to be the high-point moment of her career, but that could soon change. In less than two years at Fry & Elder, Rivas has established herself as a rising star in the Tulsa legal community, as she is considered by many to be an authority figure on Oklahoma immigration law. She recently wrote an editorial piece for the Hispanic publication La Semana del Sur.

Her honor also comes on the heels of fellow Fry & Elder attorney Aaron D. Bundy making the Tulsa Business & Legal News’ The Tulsa 40 List earlier this year. All total, the Tulsa law firm and its attorneys have been spotlighted by the Oklahoma media 16 times within the past two years. See the links to the previous 15 articles below:

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