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Strategic legal representation in some of the country's most complex cases — femicide, organized crime, financial crimes, and international legal advisory.
Lic. Joseph Alfonso Rivera Cheves is a criminal defense attorney based in San José, Costa Rica, with over 10 years of litigation experience. His practice is best known for representing victims' families in high-profile femicide cases, alongside work in organized crime, financial crime, and forensic compliance — often coordinating with foreign authorities when a case involves victims or parties from outside Costa Rica, as in the Carla Stefaniak case, where the firm coordinated FBI cooperation in the Costa Rican forensic investigation.
An American tourist of Venezuelan descent, murdered at a vacation rental in Escazú, Costa Rica, in 2018. Lic. Rivera Cheves represented her father and coordinated the involvement of FBI agents in the forensic investigation carried out in Costa Rica.
Rivera Cheves & Asociados represents clients — including foreign nationals and their families — in complex criminal matters across Costa Rica.