Attorneys

After working in the commercial real estate business in Austin, Texas for three years, he decided to go to law school and enrolled at the University of Houston where he competed and was a leader of the National Mock Trial Team for two years. He received his Doctor of Jurisprudence from the University of Houston Law Center in 1990.

Mr. Riff spent the first 9 years of his legal career as a trial attorney for Griggs & Harrison (since acquired by Strasburger) concentrating in business litigation and insurance defense. In 1999, Mr. Riff founded a new firm, and while he continued his business litigation practice, he began representing individuals who had been seriously injured as a result of automobile and trucking accidents, workplace accidents, medical malpractice, defective products and aviation accidents.

Mr. Riff continues to practice in these areas, and has had a great deal of success in trying those cases that could not be resolved by settlement. In addition to being a trial lawyer, Mr. Riff is a graduate of the AA White Dispute Resolution Institute, and has mediated countless cases over the last two decades. He is a member of the American Association for Justice (formerly ATLA), the Texas Trial Lawyers Association, and the Houston Trial Lawyers Association.

Ms. Bultrón obtained a Bachelor’s Degree in Hotel and Restaurant Administration from the University of Puerto Rico in 2008 while working full time at the Caribe Hilton Hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico.  In 2009, she enrolled in law school at the InterAmerican University of Puerto Rico. Her passion to giving back to her community led her to serve in the Legal Service Clinic during her last year of law school.  While serving alongside a supervising professor, she provided legal assistance to low-income individuals on a wide range of civil matters including family and special education law.

Ms. Bultrón worked as a solo practitioner in Puerto Rico during her first year as a licensed attorney.  She later joined the Vilella-Janeiro Law Firm in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico as an associate attorney where her practice was concentrated in insurance defense, including construction law and professional responsibility claims against engineers and architects, among other civil matters.

In late 2017 after Hurricane Maria ravaged Puerto Rico, Ms. Bultrón decided, with her family, to move to Houston, Texas. In early 2018, she started working as a paralegal at the Riff Law Firm while preparing for the Texas bar exam. In 2019 she passed the Texas State Bar and became one of a very small percentage of attorneys licensed in both Puerto Rico and Texas.  Since then, she has worked at the firm representing clients injured in various personal injury and civil litigation matters.

Gaily is fluent in Spanish and English.

Jackie graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with degrees in Psychology and Business. She later returned home to Houston to attend law school at the University of Houston Law Center where she graduated cum laude and was awarded the David Toomin Endowed Research Excellence Award. During her time at UHLC, Jackie was an active member of the Interscholastic Mock Trial Team, winning awards for her advocacy at local and national competitions. In 2021, Jackie was inducted into the Order of the Barristers, a national honorary organization comprised of graduating law students who demonstrate exceptional skill in trial advocacy, oral advocacy, and brief writing. Additionally, Jackie worked as a Property Law Teaching Assistant and served as the Notes and Comments Editor for the Houston Journal of Health Law & Policy.

Prior to joining Riff Law Firm in 2023, Jackie was an associate at a boutique mass tort litigation firm, where her practice consisted of representing plaintiffs in catastrophic injury and wrongful death claims. Jackie’s passion for helping others has earned her success in law school and in her legal practice.

During her free time, Jackie enjoys traveling and spending time with her husband, Zach, and their dog, Arlo.