Louis
Lopez is the Associate Special Counsel for investigation and prosecution for
the headquarters office in D.C. In that capacity, he oversees cases
brought under the Civil Service Reform Act, the Whistleblower Protection Act,
the Hatch Act, and USERRA. Prior to joining the Office
of Special Counsel, he served in the Civil Rights Division at the
U.S. Department of Justice, at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission, and at Federal Bureau of Investigation. Mr. Lopez also has
worked in private practice at law firms in both Washington, D.C., and Chicago,
as well as at Washington Post Digital. For 10 years, Mr. Lopez served as
an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University Law Center, where he taught
advanced courses on labor and employment law. He received a J.D. from
Harvard Law School and an LL.M. in Labor and Employment Law from Georgetown
University Law Center.
