Ricardo Lopez

Ricardo Lopez is a California employment lawyer, founder, and managing attorney at Ricardo Lopez Law P.C., who represents employees in individual cases, class actions, representative actions, and collective actions. His practice spans disputes involving wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, retaliation, sexual harassment, unpaid wages, overtime, and FMLA violations. He represents workers across industries that include transportation, restaurants, retail, healthcare, education, construction, manufacturing, agriculture, and service businesses. Before representing plaintiffs, he defended employers in employment litigation at management-side firms, including Jackson Lewis P.C.

Lopez earned a J.D. from the University of California, Irvine School of Law. He earned an M.P.H. from George Washington University and an M.A. in Government Studies from Johns Hopkins University. He completed his undergraduate education at Johns Hopkins University, earning a B.A. in International Studies. His academic background combines legal training with graduate study in public health and government.

Lopez previously represented companies in a wide range of employment disputes while working on the defense side. His experience included matters involving constructive termination, discrimination based on protected characteristics, hostile work environment claims, retaliation, wage disputes, and FMLA issues. That background gave him direct experience with the strategies used by management-side employment firms. He later shifted his focus to representing plaintiffs and workers in employment disputes involving individual and group claims.

Ricardo Lopez is the founder and managing attorney of his practice, where he focuses primarily on plaintiff-side employment litigation. His work includes single-plaintiff cases, class actions, representative actions, and collective actions involving workers from a broad range of industries. His prior defense experience informs his approach to disputes involving discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wage claims, wrongful termination, and other employment-related matters.

Law Office Affiliations

• Founder & Managing Attorney, Ricardo Lopez Law P.C.
• Member, State Bar of California

Licensed State

• California

Education

• University of California, Irvine School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• George Washington University
  Master of Public Health (M.P.H.)
• Johns Hopkins University
  MA in Government Studies & BA in International Studies

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