About Isaac Lopez

Isaac Lopez was born and raised in Las Vegas, New Mexico. He earned a bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice and a master's degree with honors in Public Affairs from New Mexico Highlands University, then attended the University of New Mexico School of Law, graduating cum laude in 2021. In law school, he served as Student Body President, mentorship chair for the Mexican American Law School Association, and a Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Program fellow. Upon graduation, he received the Dean's Award and the Irwin Stern Moise Award in Legal and Judicial Ethics.

Isaac clerked for the Honorable Megan P. Duffy at the New Mexico Court of Appeals, then worked at a civil defense firm before joining FCHC in 2024 to represent people and families who were wrongfully harmed. He is a member of the New Mexico Hispanic Bar Association and serves on the board of the New Mexico Highlands University Alumni Association. Licensed in New Mexico.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Fadduol, Cluff, Hardy & Conaway

These results are credited to Fadduol, Cluff, Hardy & Conaway. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

A Rio Arriba County jury held Acadia Healthcare and its New Mexico foster care subsidiaries responsible for placing an 8-year-old girl with a foster father who raped her repeatedly, returning one of the largest single-plaintiff sexual abuse verdicts in the country.

Rio Arriba County (First Judicial District Court), New Mexico · 2023Sexual AbuseRead the full story →

Acadia Healthcare agreed to pay $400 million to resolve three civil cases arising from its Desert Hills and Familyworks foster care program in New Mexico, where licensed foster parent Clarence Garcia sexually abused multiple children in his care.

New Mexico (multi-case settlement) · 2023Premises LiabilityRead the full story →
$536,472Verdict

Jimmy Apodaca, a 17-year employee at Excel Corporation's beef-packing plant in Friona, Texas, sued the non-subscribing employer over cumulative trauma injuries to his hand, neck and back. A Lubbock County jury found Excel negligent in August 1999 and awarded $536,472, and the Amarillo Court of Appeals affirmed. The Texas Supreme Court reversed in 2002 for lack of causation evidence and rendered a take-nothing judgment.

Lubbock County District Court, Texas · 1999Workplace InjuryRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

University of New Mexico School of Law
J.D., 2021
New Mexico Highlands University (Criminal Justice)
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of New Mexico, admitted 2021

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Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.