Maribel Lopez
Associate
ABOUT
Maribel Lopez is an associate in the firm’s Government and Litigation practice groups. She focuses her practice on labor and employment 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.
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
- Co-Presenter, “Brave New World: Navigating Employment Laws in the Age of Pay Transparency & Employee Cannabis Use,” Hanson Bridgett Annual Labor & Employment Seminar (2023)
- Contributor, “ Additional Law Enforcement Reform Amendments, Expansions, and Changes Signed into Law by Governor,” Legal Alert (2021)
- Contributor, “ A Few 2020 California Supreme Court Cases for Civil Litigators,” Daily Journal (2020)
PRESS & AWARDS
- Wiley W. Manuel Award in 2022 and 2023 for completing at least 50 hours of pro bono work each year.
PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY AFFILIATIONS
- Bar Association of San Francisco, Member
- San Francisco La Raza Lawyers Association, Member
ADMISSIONS AND COURTS
- California
- Federal District Court for the Northern District of California
- Federal District Court for the Eastern District of California
EDUCATION
- University of San Francisco School of Law, cum laude, J.D.
- University of California, Davis, B.A.
