Michelle Lopez is a member of Buchalter’s Labor and Employment practice group in the Firm’s Los Angeles Office. Ms. Lopez represents employers in litigation involving claims of employment discrimination, wrongful termination, sexual harassment, and retaliation.  She also routinely represents clients in class action and representative PAGA cases involving wage-and-hour allegations, including failure to pay regular and overtime wages, meal period and rest break violations, misclassification issues, piece-rate pay agreements, and reimbursement claims.

Focusing her practice primarily on employment and consumer protection class actions, Ms. Lopez also has ample experience representing both employees and consumers.  Additionally, she previously interned in the Washington, D.C. office of Sanford Heisler Sharp, and for the Novo Nordisk pharmaceutical company in Princeton, New Jersey.

Bar Admissions

• California

Education

• Syracuse University College of Law
• San Francisco State University

• The Freelance Worker Protection Act
• Coming In 2024: Proposed New Employment Laws Affecting California Employers