Former State District Judge Carlos Lopez served as assistant district attorney in Harris and Dallas County prior to taking the bench. Judge Lopez presided over Dallas County Court at Law No. 2 from 1996 to 2000 as well as the 116th Judicial District Court from 2000 to 2003. As presiding Judge, he consistently received the highest ratings from the attorneys whose cases he handled.

Judge Lopez is also a highly regarded Arbitrator and member of the AAA’s prestigious, nationwide Large/Complex Case panel. Since leaving the bench, Judge Lopez has served as Arbitrator in over 500 cases involving virtually every type of arbitration matter, but primarily in matters involving workers’ compensation nonsubscriber injury cases, construction disputes, breach of contract (including disputes related to corporate acquisitions and health care liability issues), executive compensation agreements, employment disputes, premises liability and misappropriation of trade secrets and violation of noncompetition agreements as well as cases alleging violations of Prompt Pay statutes.

Judge Lopez also maintains a robust mediation practice and has successfully mediated several hundred cases involving all of the above types of litigation and disputes pending in state and federal courts all over Texas, as well as other states and Mexico. Judge Lopez has arbitrated, mediated or acted as Special Master in matters in Texas, Oklahoma, Portland, Chicago, New York City, Miami, Puerto Rico, Mexico and Venezuela.