Maricela Lopez

Acquisition Specialist

Maricela Lopez has been a stalwart legal tactician since 2011 where she began working alongside a public defender at the First District Court of Federal Criminal Proceedings in Tijuana, BC.  Committed to the cause, she transferred her studies abroad and in 2014 majored in legal studies at the University of Cordoba in Spain.  Ms. Lopez’ passion for legal work led her to accomplish a Bachelor of Laws degree from the Autonomous University of Baja California in 2015 and obtain her paralegal certificate from the University of San Diego in 2017.   From 2017 to 2020 she was the lead litigation paralegal for a prominent Orange County criminal defense firm.  

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Ms. Lopez is a consummate professional with experience working on complex legal matters including preliminary hearing and trial preparation, sitting second chair on multiple high-profile murder cases, researching and analyzing statutes, cases and varied secondary sources.  She has prepared pleadings, motions, briefs and managed large-scale discovery projects.  Her efforts were instrumental in securing a full acquittal on recent murder charges as well as securing a dismissal on a high-profile rape case.  She is dogged when it comes to helping those burdened by legal troubles. 

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Her passion for criminal law and her desire to help others led her to secure her certificate as a Registered Legal Document Assistant (Reg. No. LDA #514) and to establish United LDA, a legal document preparation company.  In that capacity, she is licensed, insured and fully bonded.  This gives her the ability to assist individuals with the preparation of all legal forms at the discretion of the client.  It also allows her to showcase her near decade’s worth of experience.  Ms. Lopez has successfully assisted nearly a hundred clients in filing petitions to be removed from the sex registry.  Ms. Lopez is fluent in Spanish.