About Monica A. Lopez

Monica A. Lopez helps clients with corporate governance and general corporate matters. Experienced working with companies and nonprofits, Monica's clients count on her to navigate corporate restructurings, joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, and securities matters.

Diligent counsel focused on client goals

Monica excels at working with cross functional teams within organizations. She seeks to build rapport with clients while offering them sound and practical counsel.

Monica has broad experience representing companies, closely held businesses, nonprofit corporations, startups, real estate developers and investors, and financial institutions. She has assisted clients with matters involving joint ventures, private equity, corporate restructurings, mergers and acquisitions, securities compliance, credit facilities, real estate acquisitions and financings, and Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) compliance and governance.

As a first generation attorney and the first lawyer in her family, Monica understands the need for diverse representation in the legal profession. She is active in her community and the bar, having served as co-chair of the Houston Young Lawyer Association First Generation Attorney Committee. For her service, she received the Outstanding Committee Chair Award for the bar year 2019-2020.

During law school, Monica co-chaired the inaugural Student Bar Association Career Services Committee, served as a law review associate editor, a legal research assistant, a student ambassador and a mentor. Having lost both her parents to cancer, she served as an ACT Lead Volunteer for the American Cancer Society – Cancer Action Network, where she lobbied state and federal legislators and attended state and federal lobby days while in law school.

Monica is an alumna of the Gates Millennium Scholars program. She often mentors other Gates Millennium Scholars, law students and young lawyers and speaks about her experiences at events for her law school and other diverse organizations.

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News

Publications

Presentations and Events

  • October 2021
    OCPD Diversity Series: Latinx in the Law, TMSL Office of Career and Professional Development
    Panelist
  • April 2021
    Houston Bar Association Diversity and Inclusion Boot Camp Panel
  • April 2021
    Diverse Perspectives: Women In Corporate & Tax Law, The UHLC Corporate & Tax Law Society And Association Of Women In Law
    Panelist
  • November 2019
    Finding Your Seat at the Table, HYLA's First Gen Attorney Panel Series
    Panelist
  • March 2019
    Big Law Panel, TMSL African Law Students Association
    Panelist
  • October 2018
    Discover Your Brand: Large Firm and Corporate Law Attorneys, TMSL Office of Career and Professional Development
    Panelist
  • August 2018
    Large Firm Interview Q&A, TMSL Office of Career and Professional Development
    Panelist
Practices
Education
  • Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law, JD, summa cum laude, valedictorian
  • The University of Texas at Austin, BA
Bar Admissions
  • Texas
Community Involvements
  • Hispanic National Bar Association, Latina Leadership Academy, Member (2022)
  • Hispanic Bar Association of Houston, Member (2022)
  • Houston Bar Association, Corporate Counsel Section, Member (Present)
  • One Night For One Goal Houston, Committee Member (2018-Present)
  • Scholars Equity Network, Member
Recognitions
Recognized or listed in the following:
  • Best Lawyers in America
    Ones to Watch
    Corporate Law, 2022–2023
  • Houston Young Lawyers Association
    Outstanding Committee Chair Award, 2019-2020
Award Methodologies