Attorney Scott P. Lopez               

Phone: (617) 439-4990 Fax: (617) 439-3987 E-mail: splopez@lawson-weitzen.com Attorney Scott P. Lopez is a former prosecutor with extensive trial experience in both federal and state courts. He concentrates his practice on defending individuals, small businesses and corporations in white collar criminal defense and complex business litigation. Mr. Lopez's criminal experience includes representing targets, subjects, and witnesses in various grand jury investigations by state and federal authorities as well as individuals in investigations and prosecutions involving fraud in the areas of health care, tax, banking, mortgages, bankruptcy, securities and government procurement.

He also has experience defending professionals, businesses, and individuals in the areas of business and commercial law, medical malpractice, legal malpractice, product liability, premises liability and SEC enforcement. He has also defended governmental units and municipalities against liability claims, police misconduct and civil rights claims.

Attorney Scott P. Lopez offers white collar criminal defense and complex business litigation services to clients in metropolitan Boston and throughout the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, including Barnstable County, Bristol County, Essex County, Middlesex County, Norfolk County, Plymouth County, Suffolk County, and Worcester County. 

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Practice Areas

• White Collar Criminal Defense, such as embezzlement, fraud, tax evasion, and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) violation defense.
  
  Our white collar criminal defense practice includes representation of targets, subjects, and witnesses in governmental or grand jury investigations by state and federal authorities, as well as individuals under investigation and charged with health care fraud, tax fraud, bank fraud, mortgage fraud, bankruptcy fraud, and other white collar crimes.
  
  
• Complex Business Litigation, such as breach of contract claims, director and officer liability and SEC enforcement litigation.
  
  Our law firm is located in the heart of Boston and in close proximity to state and federal courthouses. We represent small businesses, corporations, and individuals in all types of complex business litigation, both civil and criminal, such as contract disputes, corporate securities litigation, corporate liability, insurance coverage disputes, partnership disputes, premises liability, and unfair trade practices claims.
  
  
• Tax Litigation, including representation for collection, foreclosure, and criminal defense for tax evasion, failure to file, and other tax fraud.
  
  Our federal and state tax litigation services assist individuals, businesses and corporations, accountants, and other professionals facing a collection action, foreclosure for enforcement of tax liens, criminal charges for tax fraud and tax evasion, and other tax litigation matters.
  
  
• Federal Litigation, including class actions, diversity cases, shareholder disputes, multi-state litigation, and governmental investigations.
  
  We also handle a full range of federal civil litigation services, including securities litigation, government administrative investigations, multi-state transactions, class actions, joint ventures, violations of federal regulations - all types of complex civil litigation in federal court.
  
  
• Government Litigation, involving defense of municipalities and governmental and quasi-governmental entities, as well as representation of individuals and businesses facing litigation against a governmental agency.
  
  Mr. Lopez has 20 years of litigation experience and offers legal services for clients involved in litigation with a municipality, governmental agency, or quasi governmental entity, such as disputes related to public contracting, breach of contract, personal injury defense, and other matters.