Hector Olivencia, Esq.

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Hector Olivencia, Esq.

OWNER-PARTNER

Hector Olivencia is Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Olivencia & Cribben Law Office, LLC. Mr. Olivencia was born and raised in Puerto Rico. After serving in the United States Navy, he returned to Puerto Rico and obtained his Juris Doctor from the Interamerican University School of Law and founded his legal practice dedicated to the areas of employment, contract resolution and commercial litigation. 

 Later, he expanded his practice to Chattanooga, TN where  in addition to Immigration Law, he focuses in the areas of Family Law and Criminal Defense cases. His practice encompasses all phases of litigation before administrative bodies, state and federal courts. Over the course of his career he has successfully litigated hundreds of commercial and immigration cases.


In his spare time, Mr. Olivencia presents at conferences for nonprofit organizations on the topics of Commercial and Immigration law. He also volunteers as a high school volleyball coach. 


Hector Olivencia is an active member of the Puerto Rico, Tennessee and Federal Bar Associations as well as the American Immigration Lawyers Association.

Practice Areas

  • Immigration 
  • Criminal Defense
  • Family Law
  • Business

Education

  • Interamerican University School of Law, San Juan, Puerto Rico
  • Juris Doctor 
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration and Human Resources

Bar Admissions

  • Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
  • State of Tennessee Bar
  • U.S. District Court of Puerto Rico
  • U.S. District Court of Tennessee

Other Admissions

  • Executive Office for Immigration Review – Courts and Appeals

Teaching Experience 

  • Professor of Business Law University of Phoenix, Chattanooga, TN

Presentations and Community Relations

  • Lectures and Presentations to Non Profit Organizations in Immigration, Human Resources and Business Law


  • Lectures on Human Resources, Immigration and Business Law at La Paz de Dios, Chattanooga


  • Conferences about immigrants' legal rights while in the United States

Languages

  • Spanish
  • English
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