Laina C. Lopez
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focuses on complex civil and criminal litigation at all stages, from trial through appeal. Her practice areas include foreign sovereign immunity law, commercial litigation, international law, cultural heritage law, white collar criminal defense, and appellate law. Ms. Lopez has argued appeals and motions in federal and state courts, including in the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, First, Second, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth and Eleventh Circuits. From 2002-04, she clerked for the Honorable Gregory A. Presnell of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida.
Representative Matters
- Represent individuals in white collar crime investigations.
- Represent foreign embassies in Washington, D.C. in a variety of employment matters.
- Represented various entities and individuals in federal criminal investigations.
- Represent foreign company in complex federal litigation regarding successor liability.
- Represent trade association on employment and corporate issues.
- Represented foreign multimillion dollar business in post-judgment proceedings.
- Represented foreign head of state and foreign official in breach of contract litigation.
- Represented large private foreign bank in complex Alien Tort Statute case.
- Represented foreign nation in bonds litigation.
- Represented individual in Alien Tort Statute case in Alabama.
- Represented individual in complex criminal case in North Carolina.
- Represented foreign sovereign in attachment proceeding.
- Represented foreign sovereign in an almost 30-year long expropriation case.
- Represented sovereign bank in attachment proceeding.
- Represented individual in criminal appeal on commerce clause issue.
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