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Attorney Scott P. Lopez, located in Boston, Massachusetts, provides white collar criminal defense and complex business litigation services for businesses and business men and women in metropolitan Boston and throughout the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Attorney Scott P. Lopez is a former prosecutor with diverse and extensive trial and appellate experience in federal and state courts. He concentrates his practice on defending individuals and businesses in the civil and criminal justice systems. Formerly a member of Segal & Feinberg, a litigation firm that concentrated on civil litigation and white collar criminal cases in the Boston, Massachusetts area, Mr. Lopez founded his own firm in 1997. He holds the highest rating awarded to attorneys by the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory -- an “AV” rating – and is listed in the Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Pre-Eminent Lawyers for civil trial practice, criminal trial practice, and white collar crime. Mr. Lopez is also one of only 90 attorneys who are “Criminal Justice Act Attorneys” in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Mr. Lopez began his career as an assistant district attorney in Bristol County. While a prosecutor, he tried numerous jury trials to verdict. He is a graduate of Boston College and Boston College Law School. Mr. Lopez is admitted to practice in Massachusetts, the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and the Supreme Court of the United States of America. He is a member of the American Bar Association, the Federal Bar Association, the Boston Bar Association, the Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys, and the National Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys. He is also a member of the Executive Committee of the Massachusetts Chapter of the Federal Bar Association.

Attorney Scott P. Lopez is committed to providing high quality, personal, and effective legal services.

Scott P. Lopez, Esq.
Lawson & Weitzen, LLP
88 Black Falcon Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts 02210-2414
Telephone (617) 439-4990
Telecopier (617) 439-3987
E-mail

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.
  
  Attorney Scott P. Lopez's 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.
  
  Attorney Lopez is located in the heart of Boston and in close proximity to state and federal courthouses. He represents 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.
  
  The 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.
  
  Attorney Scott P. Lopez also handles 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.