Current Employment Position(s)

Senior Associate

Lawyer Overview

Ms. Rosanna C. Lopez is a Senior Associate at the Firm.  She specializes in employment law and complex litigation matters. She counsels and advises individuals and companies on a wide variety of personnel-related issues, including discrimination and harassment; retaliation; leave and reasonable accommodation under FMLA and ADA ; promotion, discipline and termination issues; contract and severance negotiation; compliance with wage and hour laws; non competition agreements, and constitutional civil rights. Before joining Ms. McKinney's firm, Ms. Lopez practiced employment law at Farber Legal, a nationally recognized employment practice in Rockville, Maryland .

Ms. Lopez is a native Virginian.  She is fluent in Spanish.  She received her Juris Doctor from Syracuse University College of Law in 1999.

Ms. Lopez is admitted to the bar of the State of Virginia and Colorado, as well as the Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia and the Supreme Courts of Virginia and Colorado . 

Ms. Lopez served two years as Chair for the Employment Law Section of the Montgomery County Bar Association.  She is also a member of the Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Association and Fairfax County Bar Association.  

Ms. Lopez has also written and given lectures on the following topics:

Advanced HR Skill Building and Legal Update
Employee Handbooks: Everything You Need to Keep You Out of Trouble

Employment Law From A to Z
Legal Update: New Decisions from the U.S. Supreme Court, Other Court Decisions, and Payroll Basics

Payroll Management
The ABCs of Employment Law, including HIPAA
The Complete Payroll Process

The Essentials of the Wage Payment and Collection Act and the Fair Labor Standards Act

Areas of Practice

• Civil Rights
• Discrimination
• Employment Law -- Employee
• Employment Law -- Employer
• Government Agencies & Programs
• Labor Law
• Litigation & Appeals
• Sexual Harassment
• State, Local & Municipal Law

Bar Admissions

• Virginia
• Colorado

Address

1100 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Suite 920
Washington, DC 20036-4101

Phones

(202) 861-2934

Faxes

(202) 517-9111

Emails

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Websites

http://www.dcemploymentlawyer.com