Carlos Scott Lopez
Human / Civil Rights Attorney with focus in Public Health and Asylum
Human / Civil Rights Attorney working with clients in the public and private spheres for over 25 years in over 75 countries. Significant experience serving non-profits in the public health and international development spheres assisting refugees, asylum seekers, and those suffering from various forms of trauma. Particular focus on LGBTQ and non-binary clients with legal / personal concerns related to gender expression and its effects and helping spearhead international initiatives addressing the same.
Current Director of the Gamelan Council - Asia-Pacific Public Health, Microfinance, and Development Center. Previous experience includes working as a primary care clinician / rural health officer for Nepal Emergency Health Services, an Officer with the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC), and consultant with McKinsey and Company's health care practice.
Currently serve asylum seekers and refugees with legal and personal issues stemming from trauma, with particular attention to LGBTQ and non-binary clients. Also assist clients as a mediator and arbitrator in emotionally charged disputes (particularly among family members and family units) and in trust/estate management.
Member of the Bar of the State of California, the Bar of the State of New York, Licensed Patent Attorney, Licensed Tax Attorney (before the U.S. Tax Court), and Notary Public of the States of California and New York.
- Estate Planning
- Guardianship & Conservatorship Estate Administration, Health Care Directives, Trusts, Wills
- Intellectual Property
- Tax Law
- Business Taxes, Criminal Tax Litigation, Estate Tax Planning, Income Taxes, International Taxes, Payroll Taxes, Property Taxes, Sales Taxes, Tax Appeals, Tax Audits, Tax Planning
- Health Care Law
- Immigration Law
- Asylum, Citizenship, Deportation Defense, Family Visas, Green Cards, Immigration Appeals, Investment Visas, Marriage & Fiancé(e) Visas, Student Visas, Visitor Visas, Work Visas
- Civil Rights
- Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Discrimination, Employment, Fair Housing, Police Misconduct, Privacy Law
- Arbitration & Mediation
- Business Arbitration, Consumer Arbitration, Family Arbitration
- Human Rights Law
- Free Consultation
- Credit Cards Accepted
- Contingent Fees
- California
- State Bar of California
- ID Number: 316238
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- New York
- New York State Office of Court Administration
- ID Number: 4422119
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- English: Spoken, Written
- Spanish: Spoken, Written
- Director
- Gamelan Council - Asia-Pacific Public Health, Mircofinance, and Development Centre
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- Yale Law School
- J.D.
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- Harvard University
- B.A.
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- Fulbright Fellowship
- Fulbright Foundation
- Postdoctoral Fulbright Fellowship (for Australia)
- Truman Scholarship
- Truman Scholarship Foundation
- 1989 Truman Scholar
- State Bar of New York
- Member
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- State Bar of California # 316238
- Member
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- Prolonged Administrative Detention of Illegal Arrivals: The Untenable HIV/AIDS Justification
- Washington University Global Studies Law Review
- Intellectual Property Reform for Genetically Modified Crops: A Legal Imperative
- Journal of Contemporary Health Law and Policy
- Reformulating Native Title in Mabo's Wake: Aboriginal Sovereignty and Reconciliation in Post-Centenary Australia
- Tulsa Journal of Contemporary and International Law
- Australian Immigration Policy at the Centenary: The Quest for Control
- Georgetown Immigration Law Journal
- Tax Attorney
- United States Tax Court
- Patent Bar
- United States Patent and Trademark Office
- Website
- Law Offices of C. Scott Lopez, Esq.
