Louis D. Lopez

• Brought in as lead trial counsel on two ongoing TCPA class action lawsuits to stop TCPA class certification in Arizona and the Northern District of California. Prevented class certification in both matters and promptly achieved resolution after defeating class certification. Prevented a third planned TCPA lawsuit in Pennsylvania from being filed.°
• Obtained defense verdict following a five-day bench trial by using iPad technology to prove that the contract documents at issue had been stolen and obtained an awarded of attorneys’ fees and costs.°
• Achieved eviction of a tenant that was causing a public nuisance at a Phoenix commercial property by operating an improper counseling center following a one-day bench trial with less than 15 days to prepare for the bench trial, no written discovery, no depositions, no disclosure statements, no advance witness list, no pretrial exchange of evidence, and exclusively using iPad technology.°
• Achieved Plaintiff’s verdict, plus recovered attorneys’ fees and costs, following a three-day breach of contract bench trial.°
• Obtained a Plaintiff’s verdict on a quiet title/breach of contract action following four-day jury trial.°
• Achieved a “zero” pay settlement for a minor’s amputation injury after tender of defense and indemnification was denied following completion of depositions.°
• Lead appellate attorney in a breach of contract and fraud action involving the sale of commercial property located in the warehouse district of downtown Phoenix.°
• Abromovitz Investment Properties, LLC v. Red Eye Jack Sports Bar, Inc., et. al., Case No. 1 CA-CV 12-0869.°
• Represented an Arizona citizen in simultaneous lawsuits in Colorado State (2008-CV-12) and Federal Court (2010-CV-00813). The client purchased raw land in a Colorado subdivision that it developed. As part of that purchase the client received water rights to the property. The seller sued the client in Federal Court arguing that the client had interfered with the seller’s ownership of their water rights and sought compensatory damages in excess of $500,000, plus treble damages. The parties, simultaneously, litigated in State Court the client’s ownership of the water and how much the client was entitled to pull from the local river. In the State Court action, the Court confirmed the client’s ownership of the water and the amount owned. The Court also awarded the client attorneys’ fees in the approximate amount of $125,000. In the Federal Court action, the Court entered summary judgment against the seller. The magistrate judge then recommended that the client be awarded his attorneys’ fees, which totaled approximately $225,000. Before the District Court Judge ruled on the fee award, the parties settled the case. The settlement required the seller to: (1) convey their remaining property owned in the subdivision, including the water rights, to the client free and clear of all liens; (2) acknowledge that the client did not commit any wrongdoing; (3) pay $7,500 to draft the settlement documents; and (4) stay away from the property. To ensure that no one ever questioned the client’s integrity, the settlement was filed with the Federal Court so everyone could see the seller’s admission that the client did nothing wrong and that both the Federal and State Court judges ruled that the seller had pursued litigation against the client for an improper purpose.°
• Obtained a plaintiff’s verdict, including attorneys’ fees and costs, against an insurance company following a three-week trial involving complicated construction defect and insurance coverage issues never before addressed in the State of Arizona. Following the trial verdict, represented the plaintiff at the appellate level and established new Arizona law regarding the application of Commercial General Liability Policies to contract liability and construction defect, the insurer’s duties in response to threatened litigation, the insured’s right to remediate construction defects to mitigate threatened litigation and the insurer’s responsibilities to the insured in those circumstances. Desert Mountain Properties Ltd. Partnership v. Liberty Mut. Fire Ins. Co., 225 Ariz. 194, 236 P.3d 421 (App. 2010), affirmed, 226 Ariz. 419, 250 P.3d 196 (Ariz. 2011).°
• Obtained a plaintiff’s verdict, including attorneys’ fees and costs, against a large title company involving an escrow dispute in which the title company alleged that the plaintiff’s deceased husband authorized the release of $750,000. Following the trial verdict, represented the plaintiff at the appellate level, obtained full affirmance of the verdict and received attorneys’ fees and costs on appeal. Rose v. Stewart Title & Trust of Phoenix, Inc., 2011 WL 2366808 (Ariz. App. Div. 1, 2011).°
• Substituted in as lead counsel and negotiated a settlement in an alleged multimillion-dollar trade-secret dispute between an employer and its former officers after the client’s answer had been stricken.°
• Obtained deficiency judgment for a national lending institution in the approximate amount of $9.5 million, including attorneys’ fees, costs and expert witness fees, involving a failed construction loan.°
• Obtained deficiency judgments for a national lending institution in the amounts of $5,070,705.36, $4,416,139.65, and $2,710,702.34 concerning a series of commercial developments involving the same real estate developer.°
• Obtained a $12.5 million property valuation in favor of a borrower and guarantors following a bench trial in which the foreclosing lender claimed that the property’s value was approximately $6.1 million. Lender sought an approximate $5 million deficiency judgment against the borrower and the guarantors. CSA 13-101 Loop, LLC v. Loop 101, LLC, 2013 WL 4824461 (Ariz. App. Div. 1, 2013).°
• Obtained relief from the Maricopa County Superior Court pursuant to a special action to remove a lien filed against real property owned by two partners involved in a multimillion-dollar partnership dispute, including a damages and attorneys’ fees award. Leveraged result to obtain a resolution of the dispute on behalf of the client.°
• Obtained a defense verdict following a two-week jury trial for a large solid waste company in a truck/pedestrian case involving a leg amputation and brain injury. Plaintiff sought over $4.5 million in damages.°
• Obtained a defense verdict following a three-day arbitration involving a construction dispute. The defendant was sued for approximately $500,000, plus attorneys’ fees, costs, pre-judgment and post-judgment interest. Also, obtained an approximate $102,000 verdict on the counterclaim.°
• Negotiated the release of a FDIC lien and threatened foreclosure on behalf of the client. The FDIC took over a failed lending institution that recorded a lien pursuant to a line of credit given to the prior property owners. The prior property owners did not inform the client of the line of credit or lien. Resolved the issue without cost to the client or impact to the client’s title insurance coverage.°
• Obtained a defense verdict following a jury trial for a serious truck accident for a large solid waste company.°
• Lead trial attorney for a male pretrial detainee who brought a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against a female cadet and the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Department regarding the unconstitutionality of a cross-gender strip search. Byrd v. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Dept., 629 F.3d 1135 (9th Cir. 2011), cert. denied, 131 S.Ct. 2964, 180 L.Ed.2d 246 (2011) .°
• Obtained an injunction against the United States Government enjoining the construction of a road on a private ranch at the edge of the Grand Canyon. Settled the dispute to include $2.5 million in improvements on the client’s property and $1 million for damages.°
• Defeated variance request from the Paradise Valley Hillside Development Ordinance for Camelback Mountain home.°

°The above representations were handled by Mr. Lopez prior to his joining Greenberg Traurig, LLP.

• Listed, Rue Ratings, “Best Attorneys of America”
• Rated, AV Preeminent^® 5.0 out of 5.0

°AV^®, AV Preeminent^®, Martindale-Hubbell Distinguished^SM and Martindale-Hubbell Notable^SM are certification marks used under license in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell^® certification procedures, standards and policies.

• Member, State Bar of Arizona, Trial Practice Section