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About Andrés W. López

Andres Lopez

Andrés W. López is an experienced lawyer who represents both plaintiffs and defendants in complex civil litigation. After graduating from Harvard College and Harvard Law School, and before starting his own firm, he clerked for two federal judges and worked in the litigation department of two big law firms in Boston and San Juan. For more than 25 years, Andrés has worked on cases spanning a broad range of substantive areas, such as constitutional law, products liability, securities and antitrust litigation, among others. He also has considerable experience in matters involving class actions and multi-district litigation. Andrés is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and an Elected Member of the American Law Institute.

Andrés has served on numerous boards of directors and volunteer positions, both in the legal profession and in the community at large. Andrés also had the honor of working to help elect, and then re-elect, the first African American president in American history. During his tenure, President Barack Obama appointed Andrés to serve on a bipartisan commission to create the Smithsonian American Latino Museum. He thereafter appointed Andrés to serve as the first-ever Puerto Rican on the Kennedy Center Board of Trustees. Additionally, Andrés has held elected and leadership positions in the Democratic National Committee, the Federal Bar Association, Harvard College and Harvard Law School.

EDUCATION

  • B.A., Harvard College
  • J.D., Harvard Law School

JUDICIAL CLERKSHIPS

The Honorable George A. O’Toole, Jr.
United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts

The Honorable Jay A. Garcia-Gregory
United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers

Elected Member, American Law Institute

Presidential Appointee, Board of Trustees, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
  • Member, Artistic Advisory Committee
  • Member, Strategic Planning Committee
  • Member, Memorial Task Force Committee
  • Member, Education Committee
  • Chairman, Kennedy Center Latino Advisory Group

Presidential Appointee, Commission to Explore the Potential Creation of a National Museum of the American Latino

Advisor and Campaign Surrogate, Obama for America 
  • Member, Obama for America’s National Finance Committee 
  • National Chairman, Obama for America’s Futuro Fund 
  • Presidential Trustee, Presidential Inaugural Committee   
  • Executive Producer, Latino Inaugural Celebration at Kennedy Center

At-Large Delegate, Democratic National Committee 
  • Member, DNC Executive Committee  
  • Co-Chair, DNC Credentials Committee 
  • Vice Chair, DNC Convention’s Platform Committee 
  • Commissioner, DNC’s Change Commission

President, Federal Bar Association, Puerto Rico Chapter
  • President-Elect 
  • Vice President 
  • Treasurer 
  • National Delegate 
  • Board Director

Life Fellow, Federal Bar Association

Vice President, Board of Trustees, Puerto Rico Supreme Court Foundation  
  • Member, Board of Trustees

President, Harvard Club of Puerto Rico

Co-Chair, Harvard Club of Puerto Rico’s Schools and Scholarships Committee

Chairman, Harvard Law School Class of 1995 20th Reunion

Chairman, Harvard Law School Latino Alumni Committee

Chairman, Harvard Law School’s Second Celebration of Latino Alumni

Member of the Organizing Committee, Harvard Law School’s Inaugural Celebration of Latino Alumni

Member, Harvard Latino Law Review Board of Advisors

Co-Chairman, Hispanic National Bar Association’s National Convention

PUBLICATIONS

Our Journey Is Not Complete, in Reconsidering the Insular Cases: The Past and Future of the American Empire (Harvard Law School Human Rights Program Series).

RECOGNITIONS

  • Lifetime Achievement Award (American Bar Association)
  • 100 Most Influential Hispanics in the United States (PODER Magazine)
  • Pro Bono Attorney of the Year Award (Hispanic National Bar Association)
  • Man of the Year Award (Hispanic VIP)
  • Chairman’s Award (United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce)

SELECTED SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

  • Harvard Law School Bicentennial (Harvard Law School)
  • Celebration of Latino Alumni (Harvard Law School)
  • United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit Judicial Workshop (San Juan, Puerto Rico)
  • United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, Article III Celebration: Panel with First Circuit Chief Judge Jeffrey R. Howard (San Juan, Puerto Rico)
  • Harvard Kennedy School’s America Adelante (Harvard Kennedy School)
  • State Innovation Exchange’s National Legislator Conference (The White House)
  • Cutting Edge Issues in Complex Litigation Law and Practice (Harvard Law School)
  • Closing Keynote Address, 18th Annual Latino Law, Policy, and Business Conference (Harvard Law School)
  • Federal Bar Association’s National Convention, Keynote Remarks (San Juan, Puerto Rico)
  • Reconsidering the Insular Cases Conference (Harvard Law School)
  • White House Hispanic Business Summit (The White House)