Maribel Lopez

ABOUT

Maribel Lopez is an associate in the firm’s Government and Litigation practice groups. She focuses on labor and employment and general government litigation law. Her practice includes representing both public entities and private sector clients in litigation, employee discipline, advice and counsel, arbitration, workplace investigations and compliance. Maribel has experience with a variety of employment-related claims, including wrongful termination, harassment, discrimination, retaliation, failure to accommodate, administrative claims and complex wage-and-hour class action litigation violations.

During law school, Maribel served as a judicial extern for the Supreme Court of California Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye, a senior staff of USF law review and Co-President of USF La Raza Law Student Association.

PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS

Suing the Federal Government to Preserve Services for California, California Lawyers Association, Inaugural Public Law Conference, March 21, 2026.
EEOC Civil Rights Enforcement in a Changing Landscape, California Public Employers Labor Relations Association, Annual Training Conference, November 19, 2025.
Career in Public Agency Law, California Lawyers Association, Public Law 101 Conference, September 25, 2025.
Brave New World: Navigating Employment Laws in the Age of Pay Transparency & Employee Cannabis Use, Hanson Bridgett, Annual Labor & Employment Seminar, 2023.
Additional Law Enforcement Reform Amendments, Expansions, and Changes Signed into Law by Governor, Legal Alert, 2021.
A Few 2020 California Supreme Court Cases for Civil Litigators, Daily Journal, 2020

PRESS AND AWARDS

Named “Rising Star” by Northern California Super Lawyers (2026)
Wiley W. Manuel Award in 2022 and 2023 for completing at least 50 hours of pro bono work each year.