Introduction
Gabriel Jose Carrera calls his firm The Attorney That Rides, a name that reflects both his identity as a motorcyclist and his years representing riders injured in Florida crashes. Founded in 2007, the practice serves clients throughout Fort Lauderdale and South Florida at (954) 533-7593. Carrera has established a reputation as a formidable advocate in injury law, family law, and civil litigation matters, with deep connections to both the motorcycle community and the Hispanic community in the Marina Mile Boulevard area of Fort Lauderdale.
The firm covers injury law, family law, and immigration. That combination, three distinct practice areas united by a specific client base, reflects Carrera understanding that the people he serves face legal challenges across multiple areas, not just one at a time.
Practice Areas
Motorcycle and Injury Law
The motorcycle accident practice is the firm signature area. Riders injured in Florida crashes face a claims environment that often assigns fault to the motorcyclist absent strong counter-evidence. Carrera rides motorcycles himself and understands both the dynamics of motorcycle crashes and the insurance company tendencies that affect how those claims are handled. The firm investigates each crash carefully to counter fault assumptions with documented evidence.
The injury practice covers motorcycle accidents, car accidents, traumatic brain injuries, bicycle accidents, boat accidents, child injury accidents, construction site injuries, cruise ship accidents, dog bites, in-flight injuries and aircraft accidents, medical malpractice claims, pedestrian accidents, slip and fall accidents, truck accidents, and wrongful death cases throughout Florida.
Boating Accident Cases
Florida recorded over 700 boating incidents and 65 fatalities in a single recent year, reflecting the concentration of watercraft activity in South Florida waters. The firm handles vessel collisions, grounding incidents, capsizing accidents, and personal watercraft incidents such as Jet Ski crashes. Common causes investigated include operator inattention, inexperience, reckless operation, equipment failure, and boating under the influence.
Liability in boating accidents can extend across multiple parties, boat captains, owners, manufacturers, and mechanics, and the firm investigates each potential responsible party. Injuries from boating accidents range from lacerations and broken bones to traumatic brain injuries. Compensation pursued includes medical expenses, lost wages, pain and suffering, and long-term rehabilitation costs.
Family Law
The family law practice covers divorce and the full range of matters that arise with marital dissolution. Specific areas include adultery and its influence on alimony awards under Florida law, alimony modification proceedings, annulment, civil contempt and enforcement of existing orders, child relocation requests, contested and uncontested divorce, paternity, restraining orders, and time-sharing arrangements.
Florida family law governs both financial and custody dimensions of divorce, and the firm handles both. Alimony modification cases, where changed financial circumstances justify revisiting a prior support order, are a specific area of practice distinct from initial divorce proceedings.
Immigration Law
The immigration practice serves the South Florida Hispanic community and other immigrant populations with cases involving asylum, green cards, citizenship applications, Temporary Protected Status, family-based immigration petitions, work visas, student visas, and outbound work permits. Immigration law is procedurally complex and mistake-sensitive, errors in applications or missed deadlines can have long-term consequences for clients and their families.
Bilingual legal service in English and Spanish is central to the firm identity, particularly in immigration matters where precise communication about facts, history, and circumstances is essential to a successful outcome.
Attorney Profiles
Gabriel Jose Carrera founded The Attorney That Rides in 2007 and has built the firm reputation over years of South Florida practice in injury law, family law, and immigration. His identity as a motorcyclist gives him direct personal connection to the community most affected by the firm core injury practice area. His fluency in Spanish and deep connections to the South Florida Hispanic community inform both the immigration practice and the broader firm identity.
Carrera is specifically known within the Fort Lauderdale Marina Mile Boulevard area legal community for the combination of practice areas and community ties that define the firm.
Location and Service Area
The firm is registered at 625 Celeste Street, Suite 504-G, New Orleans, LA 70130, and serves clients throughout Fort Lauderdale and South Florida. The practice has been active in South Florida since 2007. Clients across Broward County and the surrounding South Florida region are within the service area.
The firm is reached at (954) 533-7593.
Client Focus
Two communities anchor the firm client base: motorcyclists and the South Florida Hispanic community. Riders injured in crashes often face initial assumptions of fault that affect settlement negotiations from the outset. Spanish-speaking clients need attorneys who can communicate fully and accurately in their language across the high-stakes contexts of injury claims, family law proceedings, and immigration matters.
The breadth of the practice, injury, family, and immigration, means clients whose legal needs cross these categories can work with the same attorney who understands their overall situation rather than assembling separate legal teams that are unaware of each other.
Frequently Asked Questions
What makes motorcycle accident cases different from standard car accident cases?
Riders face greater physical vulnerability in crashes and often encounter insurance company biases that attribute fault to the motorcyclist regardless of actual circumstances. Attorney Carrera rides motorcycles himself and understands both the dynamics of motorcycle crashes and the claims environment riders face. The firm investigates each crash carefully to counter fault assumptions with evidence.
Does the firm handle immigration matters for Spanish-speaking clients throughout South Florida?
Yes. The immigration practice covers asylum, green cards, citizenship, TPS, family-based immigration, work visas, student visas, and outbound work permits. Bilingual legal service in English and Spanish is central to the firm practice, ensuring precision in matters where accurate communication is essential.
What types of boating accident cases does the firm handle?
The firm handles vessel collisions, grounding incidents, capsizing accidents, and personal watercraft crashes including Jet Ski incidents. Common causes investigated include operator inattention, reckless operation, equipment failure, and boating under the influence. Liability can extend across operators, owners, manufacturers, and maintenance providers.
Does the firm handle both injury and family law matters for the same client?
Yes. The multi-practice structure allows the firm to address injury claims and family law matters for the same client. For clients managing an injury claim while also going through divorce or custody proceedings, coordinated representation avoids the complexity of separate legal teams working independently.
What languages does the firm serve clients in?
The firm provides bilingual services in English and Spanish, reflecting the deep connection to the South Florida Hispanic community that has been part of the firm identity since its founding in 2007.
Closing
Founded in 2007 by a motorcyclist-attorney with deep ties to both the South Florida motorcycle community and the Hispanic community, The Attorney That Rides handles injury law, family law, and immigration from Fort Lauderdale, three practice areas united by a client base that needs legal help from an attorney who understands their specific circumstances. The firm is reached at (954) 533-7593. Additional information is at attorneythatrides.com