Mariyetta Meyers-Lopez
EDUCATION
Lewis & Clark Law School, Juris Doctor, June 2006, Cum Laude, Portland, Oregon
Dean's Fellowship; Honors Scholar's List; Pro Bono Honors Environmental LawReview, Member Loyola Law School, Visiting Student (Spring 2006)
University of California-Berkeley B.A. Political Science, December 2002, Berkeley, California
University of Cordova, Spain (Spring 2001)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Lewis & Clark Law School, Department of Legal Research & Writing, Teaching Assistant, 08/2004 - 05/2005
Assisted legal writing professor in presenting legal research techniques and concepts of legal writing to first year law student.
Classroom Law Project, Street Law (Through Lewis & Clark Law School) 01/2005-05/2005
Prepared curriculum for bi-weekly class on torts to upper level high school students. Taught tort law, tort reform, and civil practice on a weekly basis via the Socratic method • Prepared and supervised a mock trial and mock oral arguments.
EXPERIENCE
Archer Norris, Newport Beach, CA 03/2011 - Present
Professor Meyers-Lopez has been involved in numerous insurance-based matters including coverage analysis and opinions under liability, commercial liability, automobile and uninsured/uniderinsured motorist coverage claims. She regularly
handles cases involving complex claims of causation and liability. Professor Meyers-Lopez represents carriers in proactive solutions to prevent the risk of loss including declaratory relief actions and motions for summary judgment and/or
adjudication.
Prior Legal Experience
Professor Meyers-Lopez was involved in handling a wide variety of cases, including employment (wrongful termination, discrimination), breach of contract lawsuits, errors and omissions claims against real estate agents and brokers. Professor Meyers-Lopez also managed a prior firm's Summer Associates Program.
As a law school student, Professor Meyers-Lopez worked as a law clerk for the Oregon Department of Justice, Trial Division and Bonneville Power Administration, Power Section. In those positions, she helped research various legal issues and drafted
various memoranda to supervising attorneys.
PUBLICATIONS
Maximizing Scientific Integrity in Environmental Regulations: the Need for
Congress to Provide Guidance when Scientific Methods are Inadequate or when Data is
Inconclusive, Animal Law, to be published December 2006.
Russia's Destiny and the Internet: the Need for the Russian Government to
Confront and Conquer Trademark Infringement in Domain Names and Elsewhere on the
Web, Gonzaga Journal of International Law, to be published January 2006.